Welcome to the library
subject research guide on English Renaissance Literature. This provides
information on research resources on English literature from 1500
to 1660. If you have any questions, visit the Library Reference
Desk, or Ask A Librarian.
FINDING
INFORMATION FROM BOOKS
Use the catalog
to find out which books and other media are available, on what subjects,
and where they are located in Stewart Library. Use WorldCat
for listings of books and media in many other library catalogs.
For home or off campus access please
use your WSU Login.
Many books about English
Renaissance Literature are located on level two of the library in
the General Collection and begin with the call number PN660.
Use the following
Library of Congress Subject Headings to search in the catalog
- Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700
- English Drama --17th Century
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700
- English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Humanism
- Renaissance -- England
- Theater--England--History
Other keywords
that may be useful for searching in the catalog and other sources
include:
- Carolinean, Jacobean, Tudor(s), Elizabethan, Shakespearean,
English Renaissance, Restoration, civil war
Electronic Texts:
The Internet
Shakespeare Editions are scholarly, fully annotated texts of
Shakespeare's plays. The
Complete Works of William Shakespeare are online from MIT.
REFERENCE
SOURCES ON English Renaissance
Literature
The Stewart
Library has an excellent collection of Shakespeare plays in video/DVD
format
Literature
Resource Center: A complete literature reference database including
links to biographies, article searches, lists of Shakespeare's works,
etc. Designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student as
well as the sophisticated casual user. Use the remote
access service if you are off campus.
Shakespeare
Collection: On CD ROM in the Stewart Library, ask
for assistance at the reference desk.
Shakespeare
Resource Center Searchable Glossary
Reference
Books: There are quite few books in the reference
area on this subject under the call numbers from PR2800 to PR3000
FINDING
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS and MAGAZINES
Electronic
Journals
Print Journals
- Shakespeare
Studies - The print copy is available in the Stewart Library,
back issues on the 2nd Floor, and recent copies on the main level
in current periodicals at this call number: PR2885.S64
- Shakespeare
Survey - The print copy is available in the Stewart Library,
back issues on the 2nd Floor, and recent copies on the main level
in current periodicals at this call number: PR 2888.C33
Article Databases
To find articles on your
topic you need to use periodical indexes. Search by subject or keyword
in these indexes. To access article
databases from off campus use your student ID number.
WEB
SITES ON English Renaissance
Literature
Here are some WWW sites
to get you started. Most of these will take you to other links,
so explore!
Meta Sites
Author Sites
Shakespeare
- Mr.
William Shakespeare and the Internet - an annotated guide
to Shakespeare resources available on the Internet. The criticism
section is particularly useful. For an overview of this excellent
Web resource see the site
map.
- The
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Visit the five houses in
or near Stratford-upon-Avon connected with William Shakespeare
and his family. The Shakespearean houses offer a unique experience
of the Stratford world in which the famous dramatist and poet
was born, lived and died.
- The
Folger Shakespeare Library - The Folger Shakespeare Library
is an independent research library. The Folger houses the world's
largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, in addition
to a magnificent collection of other rare Renaissance books
and manuscripts.
- Shakepeare's
Globe Research Database - This Globe site, sponsored by
the University of Reading (UK), is dedicated to providing background
information on Shakespearean performance in original conditions.
- Richard
III and Yorkist History Server - This site is devoted to
the study of King Richard III, the Wars of the Roses, fifteenth-century
England, and the reputation of Richard III in history, literature,
and drama, especially Shakespeare.
John Milton
- The Milton-L
Home Page - http://www.urich.edu/~creamer/milton/
Life, Literature, and Historical Context.
- John Milton Reading
Room - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/
Provides most of his major poetry in English and some of his
prose. Many works are annotated. Course web site from Dartmouth
College, by Professor Thomas Luxon.
- Luminarium:
John Milton - http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/milton/index.html
Links to e-texts and other resources; biographical and historical
information.
John Donne
- Luminarium:
John Donne - http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/index.html
Includes biographical material, texts, audio readings, historical
and scholarly information, and links to further resources.
- Poets.org:
John Donne - http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/243
A biography, portrait, and selected poems.
Aemelia Lanyer
Edmund Spenser
- Luminarium:
Edmund Spenser - http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/spenser.htm
Includes links to online texts, biographical and bibliographical
information, and links to related resources on the internet.
- Spenser Quotations
- http://www.bartleby.com/100/125.html
Selected quotations of Edmund Spenser from Bartlett's Quotations.
- LiteratureClassics.com:
Edmund Spenser - http://www.literatureclassics.com/authors/Spenser/
Essays, eTexts, resources and links on Edmund Spenser and his
'The Faerie Queen'.
Ben Johnson
- Luminarium:
Ben Jonson - http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/
Biography, collection of works, and web resources.
Thomas More
Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth
I (1533-1603) - http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/eliza.htm
Biographical information, overview of reign, texts, poetry,
essays, articles, links, and resources.
- The Life and Times of
Queen Elizabeth I - http://www.elizabethi.org/
This extensive site covers fashion, clothing, court life, the
Spanish Armada, Mary Queen of Scots, Europe in the "Age of Elizabeth."
(1533-1603)
- Queen
Elizabeth I - http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page46.asp
Biography from the official site of the reigning British monarchy.
George Herbert
RESEARCH
TIPS AND TECHNIQUES - A SUMMARY