Shakespeare+Resources

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[|The British Library’s Shakespeare page] Read the texts, learn about Shakespeare’s life, explore changes in performance styles from the Renaissance to today, and view a timeline of important dates.

[|The Complete Works of William Shakespeare] Another site of complete texts maintained by The Tech, MIT’s newspaper.

[|Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet] Shakespeare resources from a professor at Palomar College. The site has received multiple awards and is linked to just about every scholarly Shakespeare page. First click on the “Introduction” link to learn about how the site works. Find criticisms by clicking on the link on the left side of the home page. Criticisms of individual plays are lectures, papers, and the like written about the plays. All have been reviewed or written by the author of the site. Other links on the homepage will be useful too.

[|Project Gutenberg] Full texts of works that are in the public domain. This link takes you to the authors whose last names start with S. Scroll down to Shakespeare.

[|Shakespeare Goes To the Dogs] See Shakespeare's plays interpreted by dachshunds in a series of cartoons. Not scholarly, but fun! Do not use this as a reliable resource for plot sumaries, but as a nice break from studying.

[|The Shakespeare Mystery] Analysis and discussion of who really wrote the plays.

[|Shakespeare Online] Shakespeare Online provides free, original, and accurate information on Shakespeare to students, teachers, and Shakespeare enthusiasts.

[|Shakespeare Study Guide] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A Comprehensive Study Guide for the World of William Shakespeare Play Summaries, Sonnet Analysis, Globe Theatre, Criticism, Essays.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">﻿[|University of Victoria’s Shakespeare Around the Globe] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">﻿The aim of this series of essays is to introduce students and scholars to the way Shakespeare <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">is understood, read, and performed in countries around the world.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Utah Shakespearian Festival] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On the menu at the top click on Education for study guides of the individual plays.


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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">//Critical Survey of Drama//: REF 792.03 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">//Masterplots:// (use the index to search by title or author) REF 809 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">//The Critical Temper//: REF 820.9 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">//British Writers Vol. 1//: REF 820.9 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shakespeare’s plays can be found in the nonfiction section under 822.3


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