Humanities and Social Sciences Library (McLennan-Redpath) Shakespeare: a selective list of reference sources

This guide lists items found mainly in the HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY (McLennan-Redpath), unless otherwise indicated. Many more titles are available in McGill Libraries. Please check MUSE, McGill’s online catalogue for others. You can search MUSE by author, title, subject, and keyword. Please ask library staff at the Reference Desk for assistance.

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DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS & DIRECTORIES All things Shakespeare: an encyclopedia of Shakespeare’s world Ref PR2892 O56 2002 Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: an Introduction with Documents Reserves PR2894 M385 1996 Comprehensive Shakespeare Dictionary Ref PR2892 C66 1998 CD-ROM Dictionary of Quotations From Shakespeare: a Topical Guide to over 3,000 Ref PR2892 S4177 1992 Great Passages from the Plays, Sonnets, and Narrative Poems Dictionary of Shakespeare (Wells) Ref PR2892 W3 1998 Dictionnaire Shakespeare Ref PR2892 D53 2005 Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Ref PR2892 O94 2001 Reading Shakespeare’s Dramatic Language: a Guide McL PR3072 R43 2001 Shakespeare: a Study and Research Guide, 3rd rev. ed. Ref Z8811 B44 1995 Shakespeare and the Musical Stage: a Guide to Sources, Studies, and First Music ML128 O4 H68 1990 Ref Performances Shakespearean Scholarship: a Guide for Actors and Students Ref PR2965 O34 2002 Shakespearean Language: a Guide for Actors and Students McL PR3072 O34 2002 Shakespeare: An Illustrated Dictionary, rev. ed. (Wells) Ref PR2892 W44 1978 Shakespeare Glossary 3rd ed. (Onions) Ref PR2892 O6 1986 Shakespeare Lexicon 3rd rev. and enlarged ed. Ref PR2892 S4 1980 Shakespeare Name Dictionary Ref PR2892 D33 1995 Shakespeare Thesaurus McL PR2892 S63 1993 Shakespeare’s Bawdy McL PR2892 P27 1991 Shakespeare’s Books: a Dictionary of Shakespeare Sources Ref PR2952 G4 2001 Shakespeare's Characters: a Historical Dictionary McL PR2982 T45 1966 Shakespeare’s Legal Language: a Dictionary Ref PR3028 S65 2000 Shakespeare’s Military Language: a Dictionary Ref PR3069 M5 E33 2000 Shakespeare’s Non-Standard English: a dictionary of his informal language Ref PR2892 B56 2004 Shakespeare’s Proverbial Language: an Index Ref PR2892 D43 1981 Shakespeare’s Religious Language Ref PR2892 H37 2005 Shakespeare’s Words: a glossary and language companion Ref PR2892 C79 2002 Shakespeare’s World and Work: an Encyclopedia for Students Ref PR2892 S56 2001

BIBLIOGRAPHIES: Shakespeare’s works Census of Shakespeare’s Plays in Quarto, 1594-1709 (Bartlett and Pollard) Rare Books Folio Z8811 B28 1916 Selective Bibliography of Shakespeare Editions, Textual Studies, Commentary Ref Z8811 M23 (1975) Shakespearean Bibliography and Textual Criticism: a Bibliography Ref Z8811 H69 2000

BIBLIOGRAPHIES: General A. L. Rowse: A Bibliophile’s Extensive Bibliography (well-known Shakespearean critic) Ref Z8763.67 C38 2000 Classified Shakespeare Bibliography, 1936-1958 Ref Z8811 S64 Essential Shakespeare: an Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies (2nd Ref Z8811 C53 1993 ed.) Guide to British Drama Explication, Volume 1, Beginnings to 1640 (significant portion Ref Z2014 D7 D68 1996 devoted to Shakespeare’s plays) Iconographic Research in English Renaissance Literature: a Critical Guide Ref Z2012 S56 1995 Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition: an annotated bibliography 1961-1991 Ref PR3037 S55 2002 Shakespeare: A Bibliographical Guide (Wells) Ref Z8811 S5 1990 Shakespeare Bibliography (and supplement coverage up to 1935) Ref Z8811 E18 Shakespeare Index: an Annotated Bibliography of Critical Articles on the Plays, Ref Z8811 S25 1992 1959-1983 (2v.) Shakespeare Survey: An Annual Survey of Shakespearean Study and Production. V.1, McL PR28888 C3 1948- Shakespearean Criticism. Vol.1-46 (in progress) Ref PR2965 S43 1984

BIBLIOGRAPHIES: Specialized Foreign Sources of Shakespeare's Works: an annotated bibliography of the Ref Z8813 G8 commentary on this subject between 1904 and 1940 Garland Shakespeare Bibliographies (type this title to get list) Catalogued separately Major Shakespearean Tragedies: a Critical Bibliography Ref Z8812 Q54 Shakespeare and Feminist Criticism: an Annotated Bibliography and Commentary Ref Z8811 K76 1992 Shakespeare and Minorities: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970-2000 Ref Z8813 K84 2001 Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition: A Critical Guide to Commentary, 1660- Ref Z8811 V4 1968 1960 Shakespeare and the Medieval Tradition: An Annotated Bibliography Ref Z8813 M34 1985 Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography Ref PR3093 R68 1990 Shakespeare Promptbooks; a Descriptive Catalogue (1965) Ref PR3091 S44 Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Record of 20th Century Criticism (1972) Ref Z8812 S6 H38 Walking Shadows: Shakespeare in the National Film and Television Archive Ref PR2880 A1 W35 1994

CONCORDANCES Concordance to the Shakespeare Apocrypha 3v. McL PR2875 U44 1987 Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare Ref PR2892 S62 Oxford Shakespeare Concordances 31v. Catalogued separately

LIBRARY CATALOGS Catalog of the Shakespeare Collection (Folger Shakespeare Library) 2v. Ref Z8811 F65 Shakespeare Bibliography: the Catalogue of the Birmingham Shakespeare Library 7v. Ref Z8811 B613x

LIFE AND TIMES Critical Analyses in English Renaissance Drama: A Bibliographic Guide (rev. 3rd ed.) Ref Z2014 D7 S24 1991 Elizabethan Parliaments, 1559-1601 (Graves) McL JN525 G76 1996 Encyclopedia of the Renaissance Ref CB361 E52 1999 English Drama 1586-1642: the Age of Shakespeare McL PR421 H86 1997 Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe and America Ref DA357 W34 1999 Historical Dictionary of Tudor England, 1485-1603 Ref DA315 H5 1991 Introduction to Shakespeare: the Dramatist in his Context McL PR3095 H95 1996 Monarchy Transformed: Britain 1603-1714 McL DA375 K575 1996 Predecessors of Shakespeare: a Survey and Bibliography of Recent Studies in Ref Z2014 D7 L83 English Renaissance Drama Shakespeare and the Politics of Protestant England McL PR3017 H36 1992 Shakespeare and the Rival Playwrights, 1600-1606 McL PR2976 F28 1990 Shakespeare's English Kings: History, Chronicle, and Drama (2nd ed.) McL PR2982 S2 2000 Shakespeare’s World: Renaissance Intellectual Contexts, a Selective, Annotated Ref Z2018 E3 Guide, 1966-71 Tudor England: An Encyclopedia Ref DA315 T753 2001 Who’s Who in Shakespeare’s England Ref DA317 P173 1981 Who’s Who in Tudor England Ref DA317 R68 1990

For other titles, check MUSE under the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading, e.g. S= Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616— Characters and for specific plays, e.g. S= Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello; S= Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet; etc.

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