Shakespeare Research Guide: Key Resources
Guide to resources for researching Shakespeare and his works at DePaul University Libraries.
Key Resources
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Shakespeare Survey OnlineYearbook of Shakespeare studies and production, in publication since 1948. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains reviews of that year's textual and critical studies, and of the year's major British performances.
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MLA International BibliographyIndexes journal articles, book chapters and more in literature, language development, linguistics and folklore; with abstracts.
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Literature Criticism (Gale)Great starting place for research on any writer-including novelists, poets, and playwrights. Search across several collections for literary criticism and biographical information on writers. Includes the following series: Drama Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism and Shakespearean Criticism.
Previously known as Literature Criticism Online.
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Understanding Shakespeare (JSTOR)This beta project allows users to connect specific lines within Shakespeare's works to the articles that discuss those lines and are available via JSTOR.
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Drama OnlineIncludes 1200+ play scripts from Bloomsbury's National Theatre Collection, Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare imprints, Faber & Faber Ltd., Playwrights Canada Press, Nick Hern Books, and Aurora Metro Books. Also includes production photos from the Victoria and Albert Museum Performance Archive, Critical Studies and Performance Practice (2016-17), and The American Shakespeare Center, as well as Shakespeare's Globe on Screen videos. Drama Online Core Collection annual updates are also included.
