8E Jovanovska Diana English and Russian poets

William Shakespeare April 26, English poet and playwright, often considered the greatest English- language writer and one of the best playwrights of the world. Often referred to as the national poet of England. Extant works, including some written in collaboration with other authors, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, poems 4 and 3 epitaphs. Shakespeare's plays have been translated into all major languages and put more than the works of other playwrights. Most of the works of Shakespeare were written in the period from 1589 to His early plays are mainly related to comedy and chronicles, in which Shakespeare much succeeded. Then came the period of his work tragedies, including the works of "Hamlet," "King Lear," "Othello" and "Macbeth", which are among the best in the English language. At the end of Shakespeare wrote several tragicomedy, and collaborated with other writers.

George Gordon Byron, January 22, 1788, commonly referred to simply as Lord Byron - English romantic poet, capture the imagination of the whole of Europe. Byron's poem more autobiographical than the works of other English Romantics. He was acutely felt hopeless mismatch many romantic ideals and reality. Awareness of this discrepancy is not always plunged him into melancholy and despondency; in his last works, putting off masks with people and events do not cause anything but ironic smile. Unlike most romantics, Byron respected the heritage of English classicism, to puns and caustic satire in the spirit of Pope. His favorite octave predispose to digression and games with the reader

Alexander Pushkin (May 26, 1799, St Petersburg - Russian poet, playwright and novelist. From Pushkin began not only a new era of Russian culture. In the work of the Russian genius turned soaked it truly national, that determined the spiritual life of the people at a time when it was not Russia, but Russia lived. The path to spirituality, the formation of humanistic consciousness can not avoid the creative heritage of the poet.

Nikolai Gogol March 20, Russian novelist, playwright, poet, critic, essayist, recognized as one of the classics of Russian literature. All indigenous representation of Gogol's life and literature have been representations of Pushkin's circle. Artistic sense it was much appreciated and a peculiar talent of Gogol, the circle of care and put his personal affairs. As I thought Pypin Pushkin expected from the works of Gogol large artistic merit, but hardly expect their social value, as it is not entirely his friends evaluated Pushkin and Gogol himself was ready to distance themselves from him.