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Information on the playwright and the influences on him/her.
Reference Works
Author Information
- American Writers
- Reference PS 129 .A55
- British Writers
- Reference PR 85 .B688
- Contemporary Authors
- Reference PN 451 .E8 C62
- Contemporary Dramatists
- Reference PR 737 .V5
- Critical Survey of Drama
- Reference PN 1625 .C68 2003
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Reference PN 451 .D5
Criticism
- Contemporary Literary Criticism
- Reference PN 771 .C595
- Drama Criticism
- Reference PN 1601 .D59
- Shakespearean Criticism
- Reference PR 2965 .S44
- Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
- Reference PN 94 .T9
Index of literary works
- Literary Index
Index to Gale publications that list relevant works on authors and plays. Index will list the titles, volumes and page numbers of books that contain information on the play the author.
Library Catalog
To locate books on a particular playwright, use the Library Catalog and do a subject search on the author (last name, first name. Some of the subheadings to look for include:
| Biography
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| Interviews
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| Correspondence
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| Knowledge
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| Critisicm and Interpretation
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| Philosophy
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| Correspondence
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| Political and Social Views
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- Not all these subheadings will appear for each author.
Article Databases
Although the College of DuPage Library has no online indexes specifically for topics in theatre, many of these general sources cover the topic well. Databases are a particulary good source for reviews. In many cases, the databases will have the full text article available online. Here are some of the theatre journals included in these databases, but don't limit yourself just to these.
If you are using these databases from off-campus, please be sure to have your library card available.
- Academic OneFile
- (1980-present):Indexes over 3,000 journals and magazines.
- Academic Search Premiere (1984-present)
- Indexes over 4,500 journals and magazines.
- Discovering Collection
- Biographical and critical essays on world authors. Not a scholarly source, but it does have images and multimedia,
- JSTOR
- JSTOR is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
- Literature Resource Center
- Provides access to biographies and criticism of authors.
- Magill's OnLiterature Plus
- Editorially reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries.
- New York Times (1999-present)
- Full text of the New York Times, excellent for reviews of film, theatre, and art exhibits.
- New York Times Historical (1851-2002)
- Older papers.
Librarian: Ken Orenic
Phone: (630) 942-2338
E-mail: orenick@cod.edu
This guide was last updated Oct 2012
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