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Library Subject Guides
Shakespeare
| This is a selective guide to the library's resources to help you find information on this subject. Assistance is always available at the Reference Desk (865 539-7107) and at the Ask a Librarian Web page. |
| Subject headings |
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| Call numbers for browsing |
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| Databases |
| You may access these electronic resources provided by the library for magazine and journal information or full-text reference sources on this topic at the library Online Database page. (http://www.pstcc.edu/library/online.html) |
| DISCovering Collection - a comprehensive cross-curricular source containing thousands of full-text entries on a broad range of topics. Literature Resource Center - biographical and critical entries on major authors. Includes an Encyclopedia of Literature and a Literary Index Oxford Reference Online - provides searchable access to 100 dictionary and reference titles pubished by Oxford Press including A Dictionary of Shakespeare and The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Twayne's Authors Series. - provides criticism and discussion on the works of more than 600 authors. Each book averages 175-200 pages in length. *You may access online databases from off-campus computers by entering your general computer account username and password (used for PSTCC e-mail). NOTE: Enter your username in this format example: s_jmdoe. It is not necessary to add "@pstcc.edu" for this application. |
| Journals and Magazines |
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| Reference Books |
| Shakespeare's Language: A Glossary of Unfamiliar Words in Shakespeare's Plays and Poems. Eugene F. Shewmaker. New York: Facts on File, Inc. 1996. REF PR 2892 .S447 1996. Offers an understanding of Shakespeare's often bewildering esoteric references, unfamiliar expressions and words of his own invention. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. 2nd ed. Stanley Hochman, ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1984. Five volumes. REF PN 1625 .M3 1984 Presents synopses of Shakespeare's plays, discussion of stage productions and "Shakespeare on film." Also includes a bibliography of critical works and photographs from stage productions. The Quotable Shakespeare: a topical dictionary. Charles DeLoach, comp. North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1988. REF PR 2892 .D37 1988 This source provides definitions for terms used in Shakespeare's works, from "ability" to "zeal". Contains title, character, and topic indexes. The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Michael Dobson and Stanley Wells, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Shakespearean Criticism. James E. Person, Jr. and Sandra L. Williamson, eds. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1990. Ten volumes. REF PR 2965 .S44 1990 Shakespeare for Students. Mark W. Scott, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992. REF PR 2987.S47 1992 Arranged by plays, entries include an overview, criticism, a list of characters, and dramatic conventions. Index to major themes and characters. Dictionary of Shakespeare. Louise McConnell. Teddington, Middlesex : Peter Collin, 2000. PR 2892 .M398 2000 Clear definitions of the characters, plays, poems, history and stagecraft. |
| Web Resources |
| Academy of American Poets (http://www.poets.org) This site currently includes biographies, photos, and other information on more than 400 poets. Internet Public Library Literature Criticism (http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/) - Literature criticism, including Shakespearean criticism.
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