Derrick Shaw Ms. Morris English 12-1st 8 December 2015 Shakespeare’s Influence on Literature Shakespeare has had a major influence on literature with his different styles of writing. Shakespeare was a master at summing up human emotions eloquently, but simple. Shakespearean literature ranged from romantic to tragedy literature. Shakespeare even contributed to comedies. Shakespeare’s biggest influence is not just his own literature but how his literature influenced other great writers. The works influenced or inspired by Shakespeare still, along with his Literature, remain a great asset to literature. Shakespeare influenced famous writers such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, and Charles Dickens. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a Romantic Poet that followed the same format as Shakespeare. Aside of poetry Samuel Taylor Coleridge conducted lectures about literature and Shakespeare. Coleridge spoke well about Shakespeare and stated that he enjoyed Anthony and Cleopatra and King Lear both of which were written by Shakespeare. One of Samuel Taylor Coleridge most famous quotes goes as follows “Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never …show more content…
Charles Dickens most famous work that was inspired by Shakespeare is A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens literature was not only brought to life by plays like his inspiration Shakespeare, but Charles Dickens literature was brought to life to movies. Charles Dickens other most inspirational book also inspired by Shakespeare is Oliver Twist. This book even featured some of Shakespeare’s plot twists when one of the main characters Nancy in Oliver Twist is murdered just like King Duncan in Macbeth. Charles Dickens played a major role in literature but even after all of his big success he had to give some credits of his most popular novels to