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ENG 240: Introduction to Shakespeare: Finding Books and Media

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PR2750- PR3112

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Reference e-Books

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Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
A good starting point specifically for literary criticism. A searchable database of the Gale series of literature reference e-books.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Authoritative ebooks from a variety of publishers

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Library Catalog

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Elizabethan England

The Queen's Bed by Anna Whitelock
Call Number: DA356.W48 2014
The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
Call Number: DA355.M687 2013
Daily Life in Elizabethan England by Jeffrey L. Forgeng; Jeffrey L. Singman
Call Number: DA320.S56 2010
Voices of Shakespeare's England by John A. Wagner
Call Number: DA350.V65 2010
Shakespeare's England by Ron Pritchard
Call Number: DA320.S53 1999
The Elizabethans by A. N. Wilson
Call Number: DA355.W496 2012
The Elizabethan Renaissance by A. L. Rowse
Call Number: DA320.R69 2000

Featured Books

Critical Companion to William Shakespeare
Call Number: PR2892 .B69 2005 STACKS
The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare
Call Number: PR2976.G739
Essential Shakespeare Handbook
Call Number: PR2976.D73 2004 STACKS
Shakespeare 101
Call Number: PR2892.L66 2003 STACKS
All Things Shakespeare
Call Number: PR.2892.O56 2002
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
Call Number: PR2892.O94 2001
Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays
Call Number: PR3012.S53 1999
Shakespeare
Call Number: PR2894.S38 1998 STACKS