Books/Videos About Shakespeare

Use the Giovale Library Catalog.

Finding Works by Shakespeare:

In the Giovale Library Catalog: Use the Basic Search page selecting Title Alphabetical List from the pulldown box. Enter the title of a Shakespeare play in the search box.

Finding Works about Shakespeare:

In the Giovale Library Catalog : Use the Basic Search page selecting Subject Alphabetical List from the pulldown box. Enter: Shakespeare William in the search box (as per the sample below)

Browse the shelves for works by and about Shakespeare in this call number range: PR2750 - PR3112

To do research on related topics (for example: England at time of Shakespeare), consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings for the specific terms to search in the Giovale Library Catalog.

Reference Books:

Dictionary of Literary Biography Volume 62: Elizabethan Dramatists
REF PN451 .A6 v.62

Shakespearean Criticism Ref PR2965 .S43 1984 vols. 1-54
Volumes 1-10 "Provide historical overview of the critical response to each Shakespearean work. Includes criticism from the seventeenth century to the present." Volumes 11,12,14,15,17,18,20,21,23,24,26 "Examine the performance history of Shakespeare´s plays on the stage and screen....Also provides comparisons of major interpretations and discusses staging issues." Volumes 27,29-31,33-36,38-41,43,44-46 "Focus on criticism published after 1960. Each volume is ordered around a theme, such as politics, religion, or sexuality, with a topic entry that introduces the volume and several entries devoted to individual works." Yearbooks: Volumes 13,16,19,22,25,28,32,37,42

Literature and Its Time Ref PN50 .L574 1997

British Writers Ref PR85 .B688