Bloom's major dramatists

These research and study guides are the perfect introduction to critical analysis of the most popular dramatists today. Each book covers three to six plays, offering a variety of view points by different critics on the important aspects of each work.

Provides a brief biography of Sam Shepard along with criticism of four of his plays: Zabriskie Point, Buried child, True west, and Fool for love.

A study guide to five dramas by twentieth-century German poet, playwright, and director Bertolt Brecht, each with a plot summary, list of characters, and a selection of critical views. Includes brief biographical information about Brecht.

Presents critical analyses of four plays by Christopher Marlowe, each with a plot summary and list of characters, and includes brief biographical information about the sixteenth-century playwright.

Presents a brief biography of twentieth-century Romanian author Eug?ne Ionesco, and features analyses of four dramas, including "The Bald Soprano, " "The Lesson, " "The Chairs, " and "Rhinoceros, " each with a plot summary, list of characters, and a selection of critical views. Includes lists of works by and about Ionesco.

Includes a biography of Ibsen plus critical studies of four of his plays.

A comprehensive research and study guide for several plays by George Bernard Shaw, including plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views.

Presents a brief biography of seventeenth-century playwright Jean-Baptist Poquelin, better known as Moli?re and features analyses of six comedies, including "Le misanthrope," "Tartuffe," and "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme," each with a plot summary, list of characters, and a selection of critical views. Includes lists of works by and about Moli?re.

Presents critical excerpts on three works by Greek playwright Sophocles, covering various aspects of the plays, and also provides plot summaries, a Sophocles biography, primary and secondary bibliographies, and an index of themes and ideas.