This program provides access to authoritative information on approximately 250 full-text poems. It offers coverage of lesser known and increasingly studied contemporary pieces as well as culturally diverse poems and poets. Includes in-depth explication of each poem, biographical sketches on all poets represented, a timeline paralleling world and literary events, a glossary of literary terms, and more. This program includes the full-text of Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet, explications and notes. It also includes comprehensive information on Shakespeare s life and times, the Globe Theatre and the Elizabethan Period.
Students navigate logically around the materials they choose.
Search paths include characters, plays, Shakespeare s life and times, and a timeline of literary and world events. Direct This online database indexes over 2,000 publications, including newspapers, journals, periodicals, magazines, and other information sources. Full text articles are available. Coverage begins in 1986. Holdings are indicated on abstract pages for the MHS collection.