1906-1995

Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

Presents a selection of poetry and correspondence by Helene Johnson, and includes biographical information about the Harlem Renaissance poet.

The author tells the story of his father's experiences after he left his publishing business in London following Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939 to serve as attach? to the British embassy in Madrid.