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The period when the play was written, the nature of society, and contemporary events..
Reference Works
- American Decades (1900-)
- Reference E 169.12 .A419
- Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
- Reference NX 440.A787 2005
- American Eras(up to 1899)
- Reference E 178 .A59
- Tudor England
- Reference DA 315 .K5 2001
- World Eras
- Call number varies
Library Catalog
To locate books on the playwright's time, use the Library Catalog and do a subject search on the country or city followed by one of the subheadings below, then select the time period in which the playwright lived.
| Civilization
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| Politics and Government
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| Economic Conditions
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| Social Conditions
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| History
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| Social Life and Customs
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Or look up specific topics you know are relevant.
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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