1. The Plays of William Shakespeare
... in reading and writing. Likewise, French had already had the poems and works of Villon, Du Bellay and Ronsard. Italy with Dante, Machiavelli and Ariosto, while Spain with Juan del Encina and Fernando de Rojas. Although English could already claim Chaucer and his contemporaries, their works were written in an English which had become to a great extent defunct. English literature became the ... ...
- Word Count: 1046
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: High School