early modern, 1500-1700

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early modern, 1500-1700

The New Oxford book of seventeenth century verse

1991
Anthology of verse written during the seventeenth century, featuring the work of well-known poets such as Shakespeare, John Donne, and John Dryden, and including offerings by women and popular poets of the time.

Will's words

how William Shakespeare changed the way you talk
2016
Looks at William Shakespeare and the way his use of words affected our use of the English language today, in the form of a narrative about the writer and his times with words and phrases highlighted that were first used by him, and informative parallel text about them.

A pilgrim who made progress

the life story of John Bunyan, author of The pilgrim's progress
1994
The Life Story of John Bunyan, Author of the Pilgrim's Progress.

Amazing grace

an anthology of poems about slavery, 1660-1810
2005

William Shakespeare

An exploration of the life and work of 16th-century English writer William Shakespeare, whose poetry is known best for its sonnet form as well as its transcendent descriptions of love.

"Shakespeare" by another name

the life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the man who was Shakespeare
2005
Presents evidence that the writings attributed to William Shakespeare were in fact written by Elizabethan court playwright Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and chronicles the life and writing career of de Vere.

History play

the lives and afterlife of Christopher Marlowe
2005
Argues that, at the age of twenty-nine, Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to Europe and went on to write the works attributed to William Shakespeare.

The age of Milton

an encyclopedia of major 17th-century British and American authors
2004
Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the lives and works of more than seventy-five seventeenth-century British and American writers.

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