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Advanced Shakespeare: ENG 3221

Research help for the course, "Advanced Shakespeare"

Why Use Books?

stack of booksBooks written by scholars and published by university presses are a good source of information for many topics.

When and Why You Should Use Books:

  • You need good historical overviews of topic
  • You need broad coverage of one or more topics
  • You need a summary of existing research on a topic

Remember: Books may contain less recent information, often due to a lengthy publication process. Also, you may only need to read one chapter of a scholarly book!

Find Books at Temple

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Need to find a book? Use the following source to find books at Temple.

Browsing the Shelves for Books about Shakespeare

Want to just browse the shelves?  Browse the following sections on the 4th floor of Charles Library for books related to Shakespeare:

Shakespeare biographies PR2894 - PR2920
Shakespeare's characters (Caliban, Hamlet, comic characters, etc.) PR2989
Shakespeare criticism and interpretation (general) PR2965 - PR2979
Shakespeare authorship (who was he? who wrote the plays really?) PR2937 - PR2961
Shakespeare dictionaries PR2892
Shakespeare film and video adaptations (criticism) PR3093
Shakespeare handbooks PR2895 - PR2898
Shakespeare comedies (criticism) PR2981
Shakespeare histories (criticism) PR2982
Shakespeare humor and satire PR2994
Shakespeare's influence PR2965 - PR2971
Shakespeare's knowledge and learning PR2903
Shakespeare's language PR3072 - PR3088
Shakespeare and religion PR3011 - PR3012
Shakespeare's political and social views PR3017 - PR3024
Shakespeare—stage history PR3091 - PR3112
Shakespeare tragedies (criticism) PR2983
Shakespeare poetic works (criticism) PR2984

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Can't find a book you need at Temple? Try using the following sources and request books to be sent to Temple.

 Need additional help with EZBorrow or ILLiad? See the guide Borrow from Another Library.