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General Introduction -- The Comedies -- The Histories -- The Tragedies -- The Romances -- The Poems -- Canon, Dates, and Early Texts -- Sources -- Shakespeare in Performance -- The Royal Genealogy of England -- Maps -- Glossary [TOC].

From the publisher. One of the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies and a masterpiece of dramatic construction. Catastrophe ensues when King Oedipus discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother. Masterly use of dramatic irony greatly intensifies impact of agonizing events. Sophocles' finest play, Oedipus Rex ranks as a towering landmark of Western drama. Explanatory footnotes.

A fiction Story that took place from1842 to 1850. Featuring the Hardships, Battles and Tragedies experienced by the People who established the original Land Grants (The Sangre De Cristo Land Grant). The quest to distribute land to Spanish/Mexican Settlers in Southern Colorado, by Carlos Beaubien's Family and Friends, proved difficult. As Naturalized Mexican Citizens living in Taos, they were taxed unfairly and thus tossed into politics unexpectedly...

Has any other love story become so enmeshed in our culture as the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet? In fair Verona the families of Montague and Capulet are locked in a long-standing, bitter blood feud when young Romeo Montague slips into a masquerade party at the Capulet's. During the dance he glimpses Juliet, the daughter of the house, and is struck by love at first sight. She returns his passion and they promise each other everlasting love notwithstanding...