SHAKESPEARE REFERENCE SOURCES
Contents:
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
& OTHER REFERENCE SOURCES
- Campbell,
Oscar. Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare (REF PR2892.C3).
- One volume
encyclopedia of essential information on persons, places, literary works,
and other subjects relevant to Shakespeare. Each play discussed separately
with plot summaries, analysis, etc.
- Clark, Sandra. The Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary (REF PR 2892 .P46 1999).
- Coye, Dale F. Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words (REF PR 3081 .C87 1998) DeLoach,
Charles. The Quotable Shakespeare (REF PR2892.D37 1988).
- Lists
6,516 quotes arranged by topic with title and character indexes.
- Palmer, Alan and Palmer, Veronica. Who's Who in Shakespeare's England (REF PR 2910 .P3 1999)
- Shewmaker, Eugene F. Shakespeare's Language: A Glossary of Unfamiliar
Words in his Plays and Poems (REF PR 2892 .S447 1996)
- Spevack,
Marvin. The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare (REF PR2892.S62).
COMPILATIONS
OF CRITICISM & PRIMARY SOURCES
- Shakespearean
Criticism 1984+ (REF PR2965.S43).
- Excerpts
from significant criticism of Shakespeare's plays from the first published
appraisals to current evaluations. Criticism is arranged chronologically
within each play entry to provide a perspective on the changes in critical
evaluation over the years. To locate criticism on a specific play or
topic, check the cumulative index in the last volume.
- Vickers,
Brian. Shakespeare; the Critical Heritage (PR2976.V5).
- Reprints
criticism written 1623-1801.
- Shakespeariana
(REF PR2900.S5 Unit-)
- is
a compreh ensive collection of literature and documents on William Shakespeare.
Over one million pages of literature and documents have been selected
and organized into 30 subject units. The material is available on microfiche
from the Alexander Library and can be borrowed on Intralibrary loan.
Guides are available at the Robeson Library for the following
Units:
- Adaptations
and Acting Versions 1660-1980 (Unit 22); Folklore, Superstition and
Witchcraft in Shakespeare's Time (Unit 29); Printing and the Book Trade
in Shakespeare's Time (Unit 7); Prose Fiction of Shakespeare' s Time
(Unit 15); Science and Medicine in Shakespeare's Time (Unit 28); Shakespeare,
Bibliographies and Periodicals (Unit 30); Shakespeare's Editors From
Rowe to Alexander (Unit 5); Shakespeare's Language : Dictionaries, Rhetoric,
Essays and Critical Theory (Unit 11); Shakespeare's Life : Fact and
Fictions (Unit 1); Theatre and its Players in Shakespeare's Time (Unit
19); Visual Arts in Shakespeare's Time II: Masques and Emblems (Unit
18).
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- A bibliography
is a list of writings relating to a particular subject, period or author.
The most useful of the Shakespeare bibliographies are the following:
- Bergeron,
D.M. Shakespeare: A Study and Research Guide (REF PR2894.B47 1995).
Overview and guide.
- Bevington,
David. Shakespeare (REF Z8811.B48). Selective bibliography which
provides names of books, articles and essays written mainly between
1930 and 1977 which are important in the study of Shakespeare.
- Champion,
Larry. The Essential Shakespeare: An Annotated Bibliography of Major
Modern Studies (REF PR2894.C53 1993).
- Annotated
list of the most significant items of Shakespearean scholarship from
1900-1991; includes criticism on individual plays.
- Ebisch,
W. Shakespeare Bibliography (REF Z8811.E18).
- Selective
bibliography of material about Shakespeare and his plays. Covers to
1929; supplement extends coverage to 1935. Smith, G.R. A Classified
Shakespeare Bibliography 1936-1958 (REF Z8811.S64), cites over 20,000
items.
- Garland
Shakespeare bibliographies
- are a
series of annotated bibliographies on individual plays which survey
Shakespeare scholarship published from 1940 to the present. The following
is a partial list of the Garland Shakespeare bibliographies now in our
collection: As You Like It: An Annotated Bibliography, 1940-1980 (REF
PR2803.H35 1985). Hamlet in the 1950's: An Annotated Bibliography (REF
PR2807.R6 1984). Henry V: An Annotated Bibliography (REF PR2812.C36
1983). King Lear: An Annotated Bibliography (REF PR2819.C47 1980). MacBeth:
An Annotated Bibliography (REF PR2823.W44 1990). Merchant of Venice:
An Annotated Bibliography (REF PR2825.W47 1985). Midsummer Night's Dream:
An Annotated Bibliography (REF PR2827.C37 1986). Othello: An Annotated
Bibliography (REF PR2829.M54 1990). Richard III: An Annotated Bibliography
(REF PR2821.M66 1986).
- Kolin,
Philip C. Shakespeare and Feminist Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography
and Commentary (REF PR2965.K6 1992).
- McManaway,
James G. A Selective Bibliography of Shakespeare: Editions, Textual
Studies, Commentary (REF Z8811.M23).
- Selectively
covers scholarship of the period 1930-1970.
- Quinn,
Edward G. The Major Shakespearean Tragedies; a Critical Bibliography
(REF Z8812.Q54)
- Modern
criticism on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and MacBeth.
- Rothwell,
Kenneth S. Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography
(REF PR3093.R68 1990).
- Guide
to films and videos based on Shakespeare's plays produced from 1899
to 1989. Criticism can be located in the bibliographies in this section
or the next section.
- Sajdak,
Bruce T. Shakespeare Index: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical Articles
on the Plays 1959-1983 (REF PR2894.S25 1992).
- Extensive
2 volume bibliography of critical articles on the individual plays.
Also includes references to articles on background, Shakespeare's life
and language, and studies of plays by genre.
- Velz,
J. Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition (REF PR2894.V4 1968A).
- Criticism
written 1660-1960.
- Wells,
S. Shakespeare: A Bibliographical Guide (REF PR2894.S43 1990).
- Bibliographical
essays on important editions and criticism.
SERIAL
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- To
update the bibliographies listed above, the following indexes should
be used:
- Annual
Bibliography of English Language and Literature (MHRA), 1920+ (REF
Z2011.M69).
- MLA
International Bibliography, 1921+ (1963+ online,
1950+ on Index Table 13, 13a;
1921-1968 in Periodicals, bound with PMLA).
- "Shakespeare:
Annotated World Bibliography for [yr]," Shakespeare Quarterly, 1950+
(PER).
- "Year's
Contributions to Shakespeare Studies," Shakespeare Survey; an Annual
Survey of Shakespearian Studies and Production, 1948+ (PR2888.C3).
- Shakespeare Studies, 1965+ (PR 2885 .S64, also online)
- Renaissance Drama, 1964+ (PN 2171 .R451)
- Year's
Work in English Studies, 1947-51, 1958-59, 1961+ (REF PE58.E6).
JOURNALS
- The
following journals frequently publish research articles on Shakespeare.
- English
Literary Renaissance
- Renaissance
Quarterly (available online)
- Shakespeare
Quarterly (available online)
- Studies
in English Literature, 1500-1900 (available online)
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