Shakespeare in Movies: ENG 0822, ENG 0922

Books 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!

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

Use and combine some of the following keyword suggestions to find books in the Library Search that may include scholarly commentary on Shakespeare's plays as well as any film adaptations:

• The playwright's name -- e.g. Shakespeare
• The title of the play -- e.g. "Henry V" (Tip: place the title in quotes to focus you search)
• The name of the film director -- e.g. Kenneth Branagh
• Words that represent film -- e.g. cinema, movies, film, screen, "film adaptations"
• Words that represent commentary -- e.g. criticism (Tip: books that include literary commentary are frequently tagged with the word "criticism")

Examples:

• Shakespeare AND "Henry V"
• Shakespeare AND cinema
• "Henry V" AND "film adaptations"
• Shakespeare AND "Henry V" AND criticism