Today the literary world is honoring the life, and death, of William Shakespeare. While his exact birthday isn’t really known, we observe it on April 23, the date he died at age 52. And while there are scores of classics inspired by William Shakespeare’s writing, like Moby Dick, by Herman Melville; Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley; Shakespeare […]
How do I love thee, Shakespeare? Let me count the ways. Or not—that’s a post for another day. But one of my favorite things about Shakespeare, besides his amazingly dirty sense of humor, is how many fantastic spinoffs and retellings exist because of the man. (You have Shakespeare to thank for that scene where Heath Ledger […]