Library: ENGL 2220: Introduction to Shakespeare: Find Books

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About His World

Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599
Call Number: 822.33 S527sha
Illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in 1599.
Elizabeth's London
Call Number: 942.1055 P586e
Daily lives of ordinary Londoners during Queen Elizabeth's reign, 1558 to 1603.
Understanding Shakespeare's England: A Companion for the American Reader
Call Number: 942.055 M168u
Fascinating facts on daily life, status, and customs in Shakespeare's England.

About Shakespeare

The Library has a variety of books available in print or online on William Shakespeare. Browse the library shelves in the following Dewey Decimal ranges for materials related to Shakespeare and his time:

822	English Drama
822.3	Elizabethan Period, 1558-1625
822.33	William Shakespeare

The Shakespeare Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref 822.33 C867sh, Delaware Campus
Authoritative, visually exciting, and entertaining guide to all things Shakespeare, explaining the themes, plots, and contexts of his works, their literary and cultural significance, and uncovering some of the mystery of the man himself.
Shakespeare the Thinker
Call Number: 822.33 N979s
Bringing to bear an encyclopedic awareness of the critical tradition, Nuttall zeroes in on key themes that dominate Shakespeare's thinking across his oeuvre, including motive, identity, imagination, ethics, and subjectivity.
30 Great Myths about Shakespeare
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Exploring and exploding 30 popular myths about the great playwright, this illuminating new online book evaluates all the evidence to show how historical material-or its absence-can be interpreted and misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment in the stories we tell.
The Life of William Shakespeare
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Potter has combined her expertise as scholar and theater critic to provide an exciting, thorough examination of Shakespeare's life and work, in this eBook.

Shakespeare through the Ages

Bloom's Shakespeare through the Ages
Call Number: 822.33 A6358
Intended for students just beginning their exploration of Shakespeare, these invaluable study guides present the best of Shakespeare criticism, from the 17th century to today. In the process, each of the fifteen volumes also chart the flow over time of critical discussion of a particular work.

About His Works

Shakespeare
Call Number: 822.33 S52722
McDonald has assembled about 50 representative works, presenting them under critical categories.
How to Read Shakespeare
Call Number: 822.33 R891h
[Focuses] on how to read and enjoy short passages and interpret specific words from the plays and poems themselves.
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Critical Essays
Call Number: 821.3 S5277
[F]ocuses exclusively on contemporary criticism of the Sonnets.
Teaching Shakespeare to ESL Students
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This is a teacher's resource book tailor-made for EFL teachers who want to bring Shakespeare into their classes.