Shakespeare
Research Guide
Pat Ballard
Catalog Librarian
Winthrop University
February 2011
Dacus Library's online catalog DOC allows information to be accessed by author, title and subject. Choose the AUTHOR or TITLE search mode to quickly locate a specific book. Choose the SUBJECT search mode to find books on a topic. Books about Shakespeare are found under the general subject heading, "Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616." This main subject is further divided by subheadings such as "Adaptations," "Bibliography," "Characters," "Criticism and interpretation," "Sources," etc. To find a book about a specific play by Shakespeare, do a SUBJECT search by the title of the play, for example, "All's Well That Ends Well" or "Romeo and Juliet."
Guides
Andrews, John F., ed. William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence. 3 vols. (Ref. PR 2976 .W5354 1985)
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Boyce, Charles. Shakespeare A to Z: the Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More. (Ref. PR 2892 .B69 1990)
Campbell, Oscar James, ed. The Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2892 .C3)
Davis, J. Madison. The Shakespeare Name Dictionary. (Ref. PR 2892 .D33 1995)
DeLoach, Charles. The Quotable Shakespeare: a Topical Dictionary. (Ref. PR 2892 .D37 1988)
Kökeritz, Helge. Shakespeare's Names: a Pronouncing Dictionary. (Ref. PR 3081 .K57)
McConnell, Louise. Dictionary of Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2892 .M398 2000) (Also available as an eBook.)
Martin, Michael Rheta. The Concise Encyclopedic Guide to Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2892 .M39)
Nares, Robert. A Glossary of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions in the Works of English Authors, Particularly of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. New ed. (Reprint of the 1905 ed.) (Ref. PE 1667 .N32 1966x)
Olsen, Kirstin. All Things Shakespeare: an Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World. 2 vols. (Ref. PR 2892 .O56 2002)
Onions, C.T. A Shakespeare Glossary. (Ref. PR 2892.O6 1986)
Partridge, Eric. Shakespeare's Bawdy: a Literary & Psychological Essay and a Comprehensive Glossary. Rev. ed. (Ref. PR 2892 .P27 1969)
Quennell, Peter and Hamish Johnson. Who's Who in Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2989 .Q4 1973b)
Rubinstein, Frankie. A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance. (Ref. PR 2892 .R82 1984)
Scheeder, Louis. All the Words on Stage: a Complete Pronunciation Dictionary for the Plays of William Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 3081 .S27 2002)
Schmidt, Alexander. Shakespeare-Lexicon: a Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases and Constructions in the Works of the Poet. 4th ed. 2 vols. (Ref. PR 2892 .S4 1923)
Shewmaker, Eugene F. Shakespeare's Language: a GLossary of Unfamiliar Words in His Plays and Poems. 2nd ed. (Ref. PR 2892.S447 2008)
Stokes, Francis Griffin. A Dictionary of the Characters & Proper Names in the Works of Shakespeare; with Notes on the Sources and Dates of the Plays and Poems. (Ref. PR 2892 .S67 1970)
Thomson, Wilfrid Harry. Shakespeare's Characters: a Historical Dictionary. (Ref. PR 2982 .T45)
Wells, Stanley W. A Dictionary of Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2892 .W43 2005)
Handbooks
Baker, Arthur Ernest. A Shakespeare Commentary. 2 vols. (Ref. PR 2892 .B2 1957)
Bartlett, John. A New and Complete Concordance or Verbal Index to Words, Phrases, & Passages in the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, with a Supplementary Concordance to the Poems. (Ref. PR 2892 .B34 1896)
De Grazia, Margreta and Stanley W. Wells, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare. (PR 2894 .C33 2001)
Dobson, Michael, ed. The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2892 .O94 2001)
Dominic, Catherine C., ed. Shakespeare's Characters for Students. (Ref. PR 2989 .S53 1997)
Dutton, Richard and Jean E. Howard, eds. A Companion to Shakespeare's Works. 4 vols. (PR 2976 .C572 2003) (On Reserve, at the Circulation Desk)
Garber, Marjorie B. Shakespeare After All. (PR 2976 .G368 2004)
Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare Companion, 1550-1950. (Ref. PR 2892 .H3)
Hattaway, Michael, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays. (PR 2982 .C29 2002)
Kastan, David Scott, ed. A Companion to Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2910 .C66 1999)
McEachern, Claire, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy. (PR 2983 .C28 2002)
Palmer, Alan Warwick. Who's Who in Shakespeare's England. (Ref. PR 2910 .P3 1999)
Podewell, Buzz. Shakespeare's Watch: a Guide to Time and Location in the Plays. 2 vols. (Ref. PR 3069 .T5 .P63 2009)
Rosenblum, Joseph, ed. The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare: A Comprehensive Guide for Students. 4 vols. (PR 2976 .G739 2005)
Shaheen, Naseeb. Biblical References in Shakespeare's Comedies. (Ref. PR 3012 .S48 1993)
Shaheen, Naseeb. Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays. (Ref. PR 3012 .S53 1999)
Spevack, Marvin. The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2892 .S62)
Wells, Stanley and Lena Cowen Orlin, eds. Shakespeare: an Oxford Guide. New ed. (PR 2976.S333 2003) (On Reserve, at the Circulation Desk)
Bibliographies
Berman, Ronald. A Reader's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays: a Discursive Bibliography. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .B45 1965)
Bevington, David M. Shakespeare. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .B48 1978)
Champion, Larry S. The Essential Shakespeare: An Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .C53 1986)
Ebisch, Walther. A Shakespeare Bibliography. 1 vol. & supplement. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .E18 1968 and Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .E18 1968 suppl.)
Elton, William R. Shakespeare's World: Renaissance Intellectual Contexts: a Selective, Annotated Guide, 1966-1971. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .E38 1979)
Hayashi, Tetsumaru. Shakespeare's Sonnets: a Record of 20th-Century Criticism. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .H38 1972)
Howard-Hill, T. H. Shakespearian Bibliography and Textual Criticism: A Bibliography. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .H68 1971)
Jaggard, William. Shakespeare Bibliography: A Dictionary of Every Known Issue of the Writings of the Poet and Recorded Opinion Thereon in the English Language. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .J21 1959)
McManaway, James Gilmer. A Selective Bibliography of Shakespeare: Editions, Textual Studies, Commentary. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .M33 1975)
Smith, Gordon Ross. A Classified Shakespeare Bibliography, 1936-1958. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .S64 1963)
Velz, John W. Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition: a Critical Guide to Commentary, 1660-1960. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .V4 1968)
Walker, John Lewis. Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition: an Annotated Bibliography, 1961-1991. (Ref. PR 3037 .S55 2002)
Wells, Stanley W., ed. Shakespeare: A Bibliographical Guide. (Ref. PR 2894 .B1 .S53 1990)
Woodbridge, Linda. Shakespeare: a Selective Bibliography of Modern Criticism. (Ref. PR 2976 .B1 .W66 1988)
Bibliographies - Plays Covered In Class
Carroll, D. Allen. A Midsummer Night's Dream: an Annotated Bibliography. (Ref. PR 2827 .B1 .C37 1986)
Champion, Larry S. King Lear: An Annotated Bibliography. 2 vols. (Ref. PR 2819 .B1 .C47 1980)
Nostbakken, Faith. Understanding A Midsummer Night's Dream: a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. (PR 2827 .N68 2003)
Nostbakken, Faith. Understanding The Tempest: a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. (PR 2833 .N67 2004)
Raven, Anton Adolph. A Hamlet Bibliography and Reference Guide, 1877-1935. (Ref. PR 2807 .B1 .R2 1966)
Woodford, Donna. Understanding King Lear: a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. (PR 2819 .U54 2004)
Electronic Resources
Databases available through Dacus Library Online (DLO)
JSTOR (100% Full Text Articles in PDF Format)
- Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals; all included go back to their very first issue.
- Includes "current" issues of two journals in Language & Literature area (Renaissance Quarterly and Representations); all the rest have an embargo of several years before articles can be added to the database ("Moving Wall")
- Multi-disciplinary; includes 85 journals in theLanguage and Literature discipline area
- Searchable; can limit by language, document type, and date, and to a specific discipline or even one or more specific journals.
- Remember to use “ " when searching phrases.
- To print or download a document, first click the link for View PDF, then the link Proceed to PDF. To email a document from a Library computer, save it to the desktop, open your own email program, and send the document as an email attachment.
Literature Resources from Gale (Mostly Full Text)
- Comprehensive resource on literary topics, authors, and their works. Includes full-text articles from journals and literary magazines; excerpts from scholarly books, literary correspondence, and diaries; book reviews; biographical essays on authors; full text of poems and short stories from contemporary journals and magazines; and links to Web sites on authors and their works
- Worldwide coverage of all genres and disciplines and all time periods
- Print, save, or email articles
- Updated daily
MLA International Bibliography (Citations, Limited Full Text)
- Database covers 1921 to the present; print volumes cover 1956-1993 (Ref. PB 35 .B1 .M25)
- Most comprehensive international index for scholarly research on all aspects of literature.
- Covers scholarly journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, bibliographies, etc.
- Search by keywords, title, author, or subject.
- Can limit search by language or publication type.
- Print, download, or email search results
Web Sites
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/)
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet. (http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/)
Shakespeare @ about.com. (http://shakespeare.about.com/)
ShakespeareHelp.com (http://shakespearehelp.com/) |
