The New Century Handbook of English LiteratureClarence Lewis Barnhart Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1956 - 1167 pages Covers English, Irish, Canadian, Australian, and South African writers; their works; characters from their works; and plot summaries and stage history of every Shakespeare play. |
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