17th century

A collection of writings that discuss how women have dealt with specific issues that have influenced their lives throughout history, including sex, marriage, women's work, religion, politics, and the legal system.

Chronicles the history of the Jamestown settlement in the New World and describes the hardships, hunger, and disease they endured as well as their association with the natives, leadership of Captain John Smith, and disagreements among the settlers.

Audition pieces for men and women from plays of the nineteenth century romantic and realistic theatre period.

A dictionary with over 1,000 entries about William Shakespeare, his life, his works, and the Elizabethan era he lived in.

Traces the evolution of English drama from 1560 to 1642, examining dramatic styles, actors, playwrights, and playhouses. Includes scenes from three tragedies.

Traces the evolution of English drama from 1560 to 1642, examining dramatic styles, actors, and playhouses. Includes scenes from three comedies.

Alceste is against duplicity and false flattery, but the woman he loves, C?lim?ne, is the embodiment of all that he abhors which makes this a comedy of manners.

Contains the text of the play about the swashbuckling Cyrano de Bergerac who secretly loves his cousin Roxane but believes he is too ugly to ever win her affection. Includes twelve critical commentaries about the play.

Describes the lives of colonial printers and explains their importance to colonial society in graphic novel format.

A brief, illustrated biography of seventeenth-century Mexican poet, Juana Ines, that chronicles her family life, education, and her works.