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Compiled by Deborah Hollens
SOU Humanities Librarian
-Books of Literary Criticism-
We have almost 5000 books on the subject of Shakespeare in
the Hannon Library, most located on the second floor in the Bailey
Collection. You can search by subject by choosing "SUBJECTS"
from the Library Catalog and entering, "Shakespeare, William,
1564-1616." Criticism of each play is then listed by subheadings
eg., "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. All's Well That Ends
Well."
There are hundreds of other potentially useful subheadings:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616---Characters---Women
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616---Comedies
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616---Criticism and Interpretation
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616---Histories
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616---Knowledge-Law
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616---Language
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616---Political and Social Views
and many more... For a complete list, see Library of Congress
Subject Headings.
Or, you can search by Keywords by choosing "KEYWORDS"
from the Library Catalog. Enter "Shakespeare" and "Lear."
"Shakespeare" and "Tragedies," etc.
SUMMIT
Search SUMMIT
for books available from the Orbis Cascade Alliance. Orbis Cascade
is a library catalog that combines information from 33 academic
libraries into a single unified database of over 17 million unique
titles. Follow the instructions for SUMMIT borrowing. Books are
generally sent in 3 days.
WORLDCAT
WORLDCAT
is a database that contains over 62 million records for materials
cataloged in thousands of libraries all over the world. It is the
database to use to find all books on a subject. Inter- library loan
can be done from WorldCat. Arrival times vary greatly on interlibrary
loans.
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-Important Journals-
-Shakespeare
Bulletin. New York, N.Y. : New York Shakespeare Society,1983-Current.
Six issues/year. (Bailey PR 2887.S5x)
Shakespeare Bulletin provides scholarly criticism and reviews
of theatrical productions of Shakespeare plays. Most articles concern
theatrical interpretation. A large section of current book reviews
is included.
-Shakespeare
Quarterly. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library,
1950-Current. Five issues/year with bibliographical supplement.
(Bailey PR 2885/S63)
SQ is an outstanding literary journal devoted to the study
of Shakespeare with long critical articles on the plays, book reviews,
theatrical reviews and a separate Shakespeare bibliography published
as issue number five for each year. The bibliographical supplement
is organized by several thematic divisions, eg. "Shakespeare
and His Stage," "Stage History," "Shakespeare
and the Arts," etc. and criticism of individual plays and play
groups.
-Shakespeare
Studies; an Annual Gathering of Research, Criticism, and Reviews.
Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1965-2004 (not
published 1989-1992). (Bailey PR 2885/ S64)
An annual collection of scholarly Shakespearean criticism and
reviews of new books on Shakespeare.
-Shakespeare
Survey; an Annual Survey of Shakespearian Study and Production.
Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1948-2003. Annual. (Bailey
PR 2888/C3)
Scholarly essays on Shakespearean topics and annual essays, "Shakespeare
Performances in London and Stratford-Upon-Avon," and "The
Year's Contributions to Shakespearian Study." "Shakespeare
Performances" describes and evaluates different theatrical
productions of plays during the year and "Contributions"
comments on major recent criticism. Cumulative indexes for vols.
1-10 is in vol.11, for vols. 11-20 in vol.21, for vols. 21-30 in
vol. 31, and for vol. 31-40 in vol. 41.
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-Major Annual Literary Bibliographies-
-World Shakespeare
Bibliography Online. Published by The Johns Hopkins
University Press in association with The Folger Shakespeare Library,
1965-2004. Available under "Databases by Subject"
then "English and Literature" from Hannon Library homepage.
Provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book
reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions,
audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and
popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced
between 1965 and early 2004. The scope is international, with coverage
extending to more than 118 languages and representing every country
in North America, South America, and Europe, and nearly every country
in Asia, Africa, and Australasia. The more than 97,679 records in
this version cite several hundred thousand additional reviews of
books, productions, films, and audio recordings.
-MLA
International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages
and Literatures. New York: Modern Language Association
of America, 1963-- . Available under "Databases by Subject"
then "English and Literature" from Hannon Library homepage.
The MLA Bibliography is the single most important source for articles
and books on the languages and literatures of the world. Any search
for a literary topic could benefit from consulting this important
index. The MLA Bibliography has a long history. From 1922 through
1955 it was part of the June issue of PMLA (Publications of the
Modern Language Association) and it indexed only the work of American
critics. In 1963 it emerged as a separate publication and began
covering all nationalities. It has progressively indexed more scholarship
in more national literatures until it has grown to be the comprehensive
and massive source it is today, covering hundreds of nationalities,
periods, genres, etc. For older criticism (pre-1963) you must still
search the paper copy of PMLA.
-Modern Humanities Research Association. Annual Bibliography
of English Language and Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1920- . Annual. Vols.1968-2002 are in reference
area. (Ref. PE 1/A3x)
This bibliography is the British counterpart of the MLA Bibliography.
It is an excellent index to journal articles, books, essays, dissertations,
and reviews of British, American, and Commonwealth language and
literature. It covers only English language works. It indexes many
journals that the MLA Bibliography does not index, so it is important
to use both sources when researching an English literature topic.
Before 1956 the MLA Bibliography covered work by American authors
only so it is imperative that the MHRA Bibliography be used for
that early period for British scholarship.
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-Indexing and Abstracting Services-
-AHSearch
Arts
and Humanities Search (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
is an online index that is available for searching from the subject
list of databases under "English and Literature". It indexes
approximately 1,300 journals in the arts,humanities, and related
social sciences back to about 1980. It is possible to find articles,
bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more.
-Essay
and General Literature Index. New York: H.W. Wilson,
1931-2002 (Semi-annual with annual and 5 year cumulations.) (Ref.
AI 3/E75)
EGL is a unique indexing service in that it covers
parts of books, not periodicals. Many important essays and pieces
of criticism are hiding in anthologies of literary essays. This
index makes it possible to find them. Organized by author and subject,
EGL indexes essays by and about authors and literary themes. SOSC
Library has always attempted to purchase from the collections indexed.
Consult the back of each volume for the list of works indexed and
our call numbers for items we own.
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-Author Bibliographies-
Bibliographies of the criticism of individual authors
can be found in the Library catalog in the Keyword index by entering
the author's name and the word, "Bibliography," eg., "Shakespeare
Bibliography."
Bibliographies covering Shakespeare I have found
to be particularly useful:
-Champion, Larry S. The Essential Shakespeare: an Annotated
Bibliography of Major Modern Studies. 2nd ed. New York:
G.K. Hall, 1993. (Ref. PR 2894/C53/1993)
An excellent bibliography of the author's choice of major Shakespearean
literary criticism. Entries are arranged by play and annotated.
-Rosenblum, Joseph. Shakespeare : An Annotated Bibliography.
Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1992. (Ref. PR 2894/ .R68/ 1992)
An annotated bibliography of books of literary criticism considered
"accessible," to the average undergraduate student. We
will own many of the texts listed here. Arranged by headings, "General
Studies" (Language, Themes, Comedies, etc. and by the titles
of individual plays.)
-Sajdak, Bruce T. Shakespeare Index; an Annotated Bibliography
of Critical Articles on the Plays 1959-1983. Millwood, New
York: Kraus International, 1992. 2 vols. (Ref. PR 2894/.S25/1992)
Sajdak's magnificent bibliography gathers together an impressive
array of Shakespearean scholarship. All citations are annotated
and organized by a variety of classifications, including background,
Shakespeare's life and language, Elizabethan stage practices, theme
and character, and a large section of criticisms organized by play.
The stunning accomplishment of this work, however, is vol.2, a classed
index to the criticism in vol.1 organized by character, scene and
subject.
-Shakespearean Criticism; Excerpts from the Criticism of
William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published
Appraisals to Current Evaluations. Vol. 1- (various editors)
Detroit: Gale, 1984- . (The Library holds 27 volumes of this continuing
set.) (Ref. PR 2965/S43/1984)
Volumes survey the criticism of all Shakespearean plays. Each
volume covers 3 to 5 plays. An essay on the historical and literary
background of each play is followed by large excerpts of literary
criticism in chronological order. An additional annotated bibliography
of criticism is appended. There is an additional volume each year,
called a "Yearbook" which keeps the set up to date by
reviewing criticism for that year.
-Wells, Stanley, ed. Shakespeare: A Bibliographical Guide.
Rev. ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. (Bailey / PR 2894/.S5/1990)
This excellent bibliographical guide to the plays is a first stop
when beginning a paper. Each play or group of plays is introduced
with a good-sized critical essay by a Shakespearean scholar delineating
the major literary themes and problems that are found within the
work. This is followed by a selected bibliography of the best critical
books and journal articles on the play.
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-Bibliographies of Individual Plays-
by William Shakespeare
Garland Press is a prominent publishing firm which
has developed a well-reviewed series of bibliographies on individual
Shakespearean plays. The following bibliography is an example. The
Hannon Library has most of them.
-Champion, Larry S. King Lear : An Annotated Bibliography.
New York: Garland, 1980. (Bailey PR 2819/C44x) 2 vols.
This bibliography lists and annotates most criticism of King Lear
from 1940 to 1979, including books, parts of books, and journal
articles. The preface presents a survey of the critical history
of the play and changing attitudes towards Lear. Major literary
contributions before 1940 are included. A detailed subject index
is included in vol. 2 where one can find references to characters,
themes, stage history, etc.
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-Other Useful Reference Works-
-Spevack, Marvin. The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare.
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1973. (Ref.
PR 2892/.S62)
A listing of every occurrence of every word in Shakespeare's plays
along with the full line, context, and act, scene, and line reference.
This work is a slightly abbreviated form of volumes 4-6 of Spevack's
original 6 volume set, Complete and Systematic Concordance to the
Works of Shakespeare.
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Dictionaries
-Oxford English Dictionary. (OED). 2nd ed. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1989.
20 vols. (Ref. PE 1625/.O87/ 1989)
The OED presents all English words from their earliest occurrence
to the present day, including not only standard language, but technical
and obsolete words, dialectal usage and slang. Each entry includes
modern British spelling, pronunciation, part of speech, usage status,
and earlier spellings. Definitions are given in chronological order
with illustrative quotations beginning with the first known instance
of the word and continuing at 100 year intervals. Each of the 2,400,000
quotations printed is identified with author, source and date. This
is the ultimate authority for any question regarding Shakespeare's
intention in the use of a word.
-Davis, Madison, and A. Daniel Frankforter. The Shakespeare
Name Dictionary. New York : Garland, 1995. (Ref. PR 2892
.D33 1995)
-Richmond, Hugh Macrae. Shakespeare's Theatre: a Dictionary
of His Stage Context. New York: Continuum, 2002. (Ref. PR
3095 .R53 2002)
A comprehensive dictionary of all facets of theatrical production
in the time of Shakespeare.
-Sokol, B. J. and Mary Sokol. Shakespeare's Legal Language
: a Dictionary. New Brunswick, NJ : Athlone Press, 2000.
(Ref. PR3028 .S65 2000)
-Wells, Stanley and James Shaw. A Dictionary of Shakespeare.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. ( Ref. PR2892 .W43 1998
)
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Encyclopedias and Handbooks
-Boyce, Charles. Shakespeare A to Z; the Essential Reference
to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More. New
York: Facts on File, 1990. .............. (Ref. PR 2892/.B69/1990)
This reference tool is a handbook to the works, characters, and
background of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Each play has a lengthy
critical essay with synopsis and commentary on sources, text and
theatrical history.
-Campbell, Oscar J. and Edward G. Quinn, eds. The Reader's
Encyclopedia of Shakespeare. New York: T.Y. Crowell, 1966.
(Ref. PR 2892/.C3)
A single volume containing "all the essential information
available about every feature of Shakespeare's life and works...."
(Preface) Scholarly essays provide background on each play, excerpts
from important criticism, biographical details of Shakespeare's
life, information on Shakespearean actors, historical figures, critics,
geographical locations, and almost any other subject important for
the study of Shakespeare.
-Dominic, Catherine, ed. Shakespeare's Characters for Students.
Detroit : Gale, c1997 (Ref. PR 2989 .S53 1997)
-Dunton-Downer, Leslie and Alan Riding. Essential Shakespeare
Handbook. New York: DK Pub., 2004 (Ref. PR 2976 .D73 2004)
This popularly written and beautifully illustrated guide to Shakespeare
plays provides long plot summaries as well as a look at 16th and
17th century London life.
-Fallon, Robert Thomas. A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's
Characters. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2004. (Ref. PR 2989 .F26
2004)
-Wells, Stanley and Lena Cowen Orlin. Shakespeare: an Oxford
Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. (Ref. PR
2976 .S333 2003)
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Quotations
-Foakes, Mary and Reginald Foakes. The Columbia Dictionary of
Quotations from Shakespeare. New York : Columbia University
Press, 1998. (Ref. PR 2892 .F48 1998)
-Miner, Margaret and Hugh Rawson. A Dictionary of Quotations
from Shakespeare : a Topical Guide to Over 3,000 Great Passages
from the Plays, Sonnets, and Narrative Poems. New York :
Dutton, 1992. (Ref. PR 2892 .S4177 1992)
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Who's Who
Quennell, Peter and Hamish Johnson. Who's Who in Shakespeare.
New York: William Morrow, 1973. (Ref. PR 2989/Q4/ 1973b)
Over one thousand characters are identified in this illustrated
guide to the works of Shakespeare. Entries vary in length, depending
on the importance of the character.
Palmer, Alan and Veronica Palmer. Who's Who in Shakespeare's
England. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999. (Ref. PR2910
.P3 1999 )
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A Few Internet Sites for Shakespeare
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
http://www.osfashland.org
The official site of the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
held annually in Ashland, Oregon.
Renascence Editions
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/ren.htm
An Online Repository of Works Printed in English Between the Years
1477 and 1799. 144 works, includes all of Shakespeare and Spenser
and many Shakespeare related items such as Greene's Groatsworth
of Wit. OCLC cataloged, accessible through SUMMIT.
Shakespeare Print Collection
http://www.lib.utc.edu/manuscripts/mss086/Shakespeare.html
The special collections of Lupton Library at the University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga houses over 100 rare 18th and 19th century etchings,
engravings, and gravures of various scenes from Shakespeare plays.
An online exhibit of 25 etchings is viewable from this website.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
A truly remarkable Shakespeare site from Palomar Community College
in San Marcos, California. Awarded a Forbes magazine "Best
of the Web" award. Has an excellent collection of "criticism"
links.
Sites on Shakespeare and the Renaissance http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/ShakSites1.html
University of Victoria, Canada
The World Shakespeare Bibliography Electronic Edition: Shakespeare
Web Links http://www.worldshakesbib.org/
Texas A & M University. Includes links for each play.
Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection:
William Shakespeare
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=sha-9
A collection of full text criticism.
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