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Shakespearean Criticism
Vol. 1-10: Historical overview of criticism.
Vol. 11-26: Performance history.
Vol. 27-56: Criticism published after 1960; each volume devoted to a single theme, e.g., politics, religion, dreams, violence, etc., as related to 2 or 3 single works.
Vol. 57-current: 4 works per volume with most recent criticism available. Cumulative character and topic indexes and topic index by play.
REF PR 2965 .S43
Shakespeare for Students
Covers the most popular Shakespearean plays. Each entry includes: Introduction, relating the play to the body of Shakespeare’s work, a descriptive list of major characters, plot summary, outline of principal thematic issues and character studies; Criticism, arranged by topics and themes; Annotations; Bibliographic citations; Bibliography of additional readings. Cumulative index to major themes and characters.
REF PR 2987 .S469
A Reader’s Guide to Shakespeare
Masterplots format. For each play, includes principal characters, plot synopsis, critical evaluation, and bibliography of additional readings. For each poem, includes text of poem, brief analysis, forms and devices, and themes and meanings.
REF PR 2976 .R67
William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence
Puts Shakespeare into the historical context of his times.
Vol. 1 - His world: the church, the legal system, schools and apprenticeship programs, economic and social constraints, the military, theater, literary culture, science, magic, folklore, etc.
Vol. 2 - His work: his professional career, his relationships to other poets and playwrights, literary techniques, use of music and visual arts; treatment of ethical and theological questions, insights into human behavior.
Vol. 3 – His influence: growth of his reputation, impact on film, tv, art; his influence on the modern writer, playwright, director, actor, critic.
REF PR 2976 .W5354
Shakespeare’s World and Work
Based on William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence. Alphabetical arrangement of topics. Timelines to place dates and developments in historical context. Cross-references to related entries in the set.
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Reader’s Encyclopedia of Shakespeare
All the essential information about every feature of Shakespeare’s life and works. Includes individuals with whom Shakespeare is known or suspected to have had a relationship; playwrights thought to have influenced him; every significant character in the plays; significant Shakespearean actors, critics, and editors of his works; brief examination of each play.
REF PR 2892 .R43
A Complete Concordance to Shakespeare
All words, phrases, and passages in the plays and poems.
REF PR 2892 .B34
Dictionary of Shakespeare
Definitions of dramatic terms, characters, historical figures, brief synopses of individual plays.
REF PR 2892 .M33
Shakespeare Lexicon
A complete dictionary of all the English words, phrases, and constructions in the plays and poems.
REF PR 2892 .S4
Who’s Who in Shakespeare
Identifies more than 1,000 personages and tells their function within a specific work.
REF PR 2987 .Q4
Who’s Who and What’s What in Shakespeare
References to notable passages and significant expressions; brief histories of the plays; geographical names and historical incidents; all characters; explanations of allusions and obscure/obsolete words and phrases.
REF PR 2982 .O44
The Standard Book of Shakespeare Quotations
9,000 famous passages from the plays and poems.
REF PR 2897 .S64
Use LINCC (online catalog) to locate books at PJC and other Florida community colleges. Use Subject begins with, and under Browse Organized Lists and enter the author’s last name, first name. Look for the subheading Criticism and interpretation, as Shakespeare, William – Criticism and interpretation
To access the following databases, click on the Electronic Resources link at the top of the LRC home page <lrc.pjc.edu>. Login is automatic from the LRC computers. From remote computers it is necessary to log in by: 1) selecting Pensacola Junior College from the drop down menu; 2) typing the 14-digit PJC photo ID number in the Borrower ID box; 3) typing the last four digits of your Social Security number into the PIN box. Once logged in, click on the database of your choice. Once logged in, click on the database of your choice.
Literature Resource Center
Provides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of 120,000
novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers. Contains in-depth
coverage of the 2,500 most-studied authors. Updated material added continuously.
Academic Search Premier
Offers full-text articles from about 4,000
scholarly and academic journals, and abstracting and indexing from over 7,000
journals. To limit to scholarly or peer-reviewed journals, click the
appropriate box.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources on the Internet.
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu
All Shakespeare
Plot summaries, complete texts, quotations, information about the Globe Theatre, film reviews, a festival guide, etc.
http://www.allshakespeare.com
Shakespeare Resource Center
Collected links to information about Shakespeare, his works, his language, The Globe, Elizabethan England, play synopses, etc.
http://www.bardweb.net
Shakespeare’s Globe
History of the original Globe Theatre plus details about the reconstructed Globe that opened in 1997.
http://www.rdg.ac..uk/globe
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Repertory theatre in Montgomery dedicated to artistic excellence. Matinee programs entertain and educate more than 40,000 students each season.
http://www.asf.net/ASF.html
Last update: 3/31/04