Here is an introduction to poetry and language in the Public Domain. This is the first look at the quality and the volume of materials that can be distributed copyright free.
Literature: Shakespeare's Sonnet
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's per-eminent dramatist.
Few details of Shakespeare's life is known. At 18, he married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant. Susanna, the first of their three children, was born six months later on 26 May 1583. Over the centuries some readers have posited that Shakespeare's sonnets are autobiographical, and point to them as evidence of his love for a young man. Others read the same passages as the expression of intense friendship rather than sexual love.[187] The 26 so-called "Dark Lady" sonnets, addressed to a married woman, are taken as evidence of heterosexual liaisons.
Watch Now!The Dark Lady of the Sonnets} by George Bernard Shaw - LibriVox: free audiobooks in the public domain.
Shakespeare Resources
Sonnets are the exclusive focus linked below but much more is found here.
LibriVox: Shakespeare free audiobooks Compare two sonnets side-by-side, see all of them together on one page, or view a range of sonnets (from Open Source Shakespeare) LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare is a collection that entertains young readers by telling William Shakespeare's plays in a way that can be easily understood. The book includes a brief Shakespeare biography, a pronunciation guide to some of the more difficult names, and a list of famous quotations, arranged by subject.
Shakespeare for Kids
The world’s largest and finest collection of Shakespeare materials and to major collections of other rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and works of art, the Folger serves a wide audience of researchers, visitors, teachers, students, families, and theater- and concert-goers.
Folger Shakespeare Library, opened in 1932 as a gift to the American nation from Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger.
Shakespeare's complete sonnets Open Source Shakespeare Compare two sonnets side-by-side, see all of them together on one page, or view a range of sonnets.
Internet Archive online library and HathiTrust digital library
1923 Publications
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (62)
Old Paintings And Engravings
These are mostly pictures which have not been used on the Sonnets web site. New ones are being added as time permits. It is hoped eventually to have all pictures used on the Sonnets web site listed and classified here.
Shakespeare's Sonnets Study Guide
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by MIT.edu newspaper called The Tech. This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993.
Shakespeare's literature and teaching can be found here.