ENGL 1127: Shakespeare  Tags: shakespeare english_literature theater linguistics_language_literature  

Bartlett, John, 1820-1905. A Complete Concordance or Verbal Index to Works, Phrases and Passages in the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, with a supplementary concordance to the poems. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1960.

Uris Library Reference PR2892 .B28 1960

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.

Uris Library Reference PR2892 B78

A useful handbook including nearly 3,000 entries on all facets of Shakespeare's life. For each play there is an act-by-act, scene-by-scene synopsis, a commentary, and the theatrical history of the play. There are also entries for individual characters both historical and fictional, major character types, major Shakespeare scholars and performers, and the people who influenced Shakespeare. A suggested reading section and an appendix list entries by broad categories.

Champion, Larry S. The Essential Shakespeare: An Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies. 2nd ed. New York: G.K. Hall, 1993.

Uris Library Reference PR2894 .C45 1993; Olin Library Z8811 .C45 1993

Lists more than 1,800 predominantly English-language studies in an attempt to identify "the most significant items of Shakespeare scholarship from 1900 to 1991." (Pref.) An earlier edition was published in 1986.

Dobson, Michael, gen. ed., and Stanley Wells, associate general editor. The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001.

Olin Library Reference PR2892 .O94 2001+ and Uris Library Reference Also available online as part of the Oxford Reference Online Premium. "Comprising more than 3000 entries, it covers topics such as Shakespeare's biography, legend, works, literary features and terms, individuals (both real and fictional), and a host of topics such as Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and theater, which help put in context both the times and the works. Of particular note are the entries on each play, which include scene-by-scene explanations as well as examinations of the play's particular artistic features, critical history, and stage and screen history, and a listing of recent editions and selected criticism." (Library Journal)

Olsen, Kirstin. All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World. 2 v. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.

Uris Library Reference PR2892 .O56x 2002

This encyclopedia describes Shakespeare's physical environment, including subjects such as "coins, clothing, food, drink, animals, occupations, architectural methods, symbolism, agriculture, and rites of passage of the Renaissance." (Introduction) The 200-plus entries include references to the plays, acts, and scenes in which Shakespeare mentions the item or activity being discussed.