A guide for librarians and teachers offers annotations summarizing the themes, plots, and publication information for 450 popular short stories.

Examines reoccurring themes and patterns in the mythologies of many ancient and modern cultures.

Uses approximately 250 poems by eighty-six poets to chronologically trace the development of such themes as art, beauty, civilization, family relations, freedom, and slavery in American poetry.

Identifies twenty-nine themes as being representative of the major concerns of British poets over seven centuries.

The uniquely thematic approach of this resource will help teachers and librarians identify pertinent works of modern drama for students, and will enhance readers' understanding of these works. Ninety-nine plays are discussed, covering a broad range of works spanning more than a hundred years.