THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHAKESPEARE'S DEATH

Read here about William Shakespeare's life, plays and language ... such an amazing article!

Some other interesting articles about Shakespeare's legacy for you to read ... 

How did Shakespeare's contemporaries rate his works?

Shakespeare, "man of Stratford" 

23 April 2016: the day that marks 400 years since the death of Shakespeare 

What made Shakespeare a genius? 

“Shakespeare  – The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.”  Laurence Olivier

QUEEN ELIZABETH’S 90TH BIRTHDAY

Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday celebrations will be one of the highlights of 2016, and you can  follow all the festivities here.

Click here to read lots of articles about Her Majesty's extraordinary life.

BOCCACCIO AND CHAUCER - 3^C LINGUISTICO

Giovanni  Boccaccio

Decameron

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales 

LitCharts study guide to Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
Five Fascinating Facts about Geoffrey Chaucer

OSCAR WILDE - 5^C LINGUISTICO

Here  you can find my previous post on Oscar Wilde. 

Click here to download a helpful PDF presentation. 

"It was his beauty that had ruined him, his beauty and the youth that he had prayed for. But for those two things, his life might have been free from stain. His beauty had been to him but a mask, his youth but a mockery. What was youth at best? A green, an unripe time, a time of shallow moods, and sickly thoughts. Why had he worn its livery? Youth had spoiled him."

APRIL

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with April day."

Robert Frost