1889-1963

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; understandable essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Jean Cocteau.

"Describes how the fight both to pass and later to repeal Prohibition was driven by women, as exemplified by two women in particular [Mabel Willebrandt and Pauline Sabin]"--Amazon.

Chronicles the story of Olaus and Mardy Murie, who helped to create the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and his own adventures in northeastern Alaska through a series of essays on the wildlife of the region and attempts to combat the politics that threaten the area.