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The 17th Century

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Bacon, Francis (1561-1626). Selected Writings

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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616).

Henry VI, Parts I, II, III (~1591) by William Shakespeare

Richard III (~1593) by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (~1595) by Shakespeare
King John (~1595) by William Shakespeare
Richard II (~1595) by William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Parts I/II (~1596) by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (~1596) by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (1597) by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (~1598) by William Shakespeare
Henry V (~1599) by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (~1599) by William Shakespeare
Hamlet (~1600) by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (~1601) by William Shakespeare
Othello (1603) by William Shakespeare
King Lear (~1605) by William Shakespeare
Macbeth (1606) by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra (1607) by William Shakespeare

Sonnets (1609) by William Shakespeare
The Tempest (~1610) by William Shakespeare

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Donne, John (1572-1631). Selected Verse

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Jonson, Ben (1572-1637). 
Volpone (~1605) by Ben Jonson
The Alchemist (1610) by Ben Jonson

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Marston, John (1576-1634). The Malcontent (~1603)

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Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) & John Fletcher (1579-1625).

The Maid's Tragedy (~1608) by Beaumont and Fletcher

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Fletcher, John (1579-1625). The Woman's Prize (~1604-1622)

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Middleton, Thomas (1580-1627). 
The Revenger's Tragedy (1606) by Thomas Middleton
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (~1613) by Middleton
Women Beware Women (~1622) by Thomas Middleton

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Middleton, Thomas (1580-1627),

and William Rowley (1585-1626).

The Changeling (1622) by Middleton & Rowley

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