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The period, place, and conditions of the setting of the play.
Reference Works
Literary Sources
- Drama for Students
- Reference PN 1601 .D595
- Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare
- Reference PR 2976 .G739 2005
- Identities and Issues in Literature
- Reference PS 153 .M56 I34 1997
- Literature and Its Times
- Reference PN 50 .L574
- Shakespeare for Students
- Reference PR 2987 .S45
- World Literature and Its Times
- Reference PN 50 .W675
Historical Sources
- American Decades (1900-)
- Reference E 169.12 .A419
- American Eras(up to 1899)
- Reference E 178 .A59
- World Eras
- Call number varies
Library Catalog
To locate books on a particular play, use the Library Catalog and do a subject search on the author (last name, first name. Some of the subheadings to look for include:
| Characters
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| (Name of the Play)
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| Criticism and Interpretation
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| Sources
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- Not all these subheadings will appear for each author.
- If the name of the play appears, do not assume that the information you need is only under that heading. The other headings will have information on many plays, hopefully including yours.
To locate books on the setting of a play do a subject seach on the country or city followed by one of the subheadings below, then select the time period that the play would be in.
| 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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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 of authors, and criticism and overviews of literary works.
- 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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