17th century

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.

Describes various educational and work opportunities in colonial America.

Describes the establishment of the English colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, from its planning phase to the 1620 transatlantic journey of settlers, as well as the experiences of those settlers in the new land.

Detailed illustrations and verse tell the story of a little girl who loved to read in a time when girls did not go to school, and who went on to become the leading writer and intellectual of her day.