Subject Librarian Contact Information
Louisa Trott
Contact:
Hodges Library
1015 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville
TN 37996
1015 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville
TN 37996
865-974-6913
Subjects: Cinema Studies, Theatre
Life in Shakespeare's England
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Court Masques: Jacobean and Caroline Entertainments, 1605-1640 by Call Number: Hodges Stacks: PR1253 .C68 1995Publication Date: 1995This selection of 18 masques offers a fascinating insight into the culture and politics of the early 17th century. *The print edition is available in Hodges Library Stacks. -
The Early Stuart Masque Dance, Costume, and Music by Call Number: Hodges Stacks: GV1646.E6 R38 2006Publication Date: 2006This work studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance. *This title is available in print in Hodges Library Stacks and as an e-book. -
Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World by Call Number: DA357 .W34 1999ISBN: 1573562009Publication Date: 1999-07-27The Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World provides its users with clear definitions and descriptions of people, events, institutions, ideas, and terminology relating in some significant way to the Elizabethan period. -
How to Be a Tudor by Call Number: DA315 .G66 2016ISBN: 9781631491405Publication Date: 2016-02-15A celebrated master of British social and domestic history, Ruth Goodman draws on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions to serve as our intrepid guide to sixteenth-century living. -
The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance by Publication Date: 2010-09-17 -
The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theatre by Call Number: PN2589 .O94 2009ISBN: 9780199287246Publication Date: 2009-08-01This authoritative and comprehensive collection of new essays explores the social, political, and economic pressures under which the playing companies of Shakespeare and his contemporaries operated. -
Tudor England by Call Number: DA315 .T753 2001ISBN: 9780815307938Publication Date: 2000-11-17This is the first encyclopedia to be devoted entirely to Tudor England. 700 entries by top scholars in every major field combine new modes of archival research with a detailed Tudor chronology and appendix of biographical essays.
Shakespeare's World
Primary Sources
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ARTStorMore than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. With a registered account you can also curate groups of images, share them, and download them directly into presentations.
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Defining GenderPrimary source material for the study and analysis of gender, leisure and consumer culture from 1450 to 1910. Key topics: Conduct and Politeness, Domesticity and the Family, Consumption and Leisure, Education and Sensibility and The Body.
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Early English Books OnlineFull-text and page images of almost every work printed in the British Isles and North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere from 1470-1700.
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and RenaissanceExplore Iter Press databases, bibliographies, journals, and books about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700.
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Medieval and Early Modern Sources OnlineA collection of resources for the study of medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland.
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Shakespeare in PerformancePrompt books from the world-famous collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theatres internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries.
Secondary Sources
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Academic Search CompleteThis multidisciplinary database covers magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers and is a good place to start for any subject.
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Historical Abstracts with Full TextIndexes scholarly literature on world history, excluding the United States and Canada. Covers the time period from 1450 to the present.
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JSTORMultidisciplinary collection of selected scholarly journals, books, images, and primary sources in humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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MLA International BibliographyIndex of research in literature, language, and folklore. Also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus. Coverage from 1920 to present.
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New Oxford ShakespeareAll of Shakespeare's works, edited with criticism drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship. Comprised of the Modern Critical Edition, the Critical Reference Edition, and the Authorship Companion.
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Project MuseFull-text of scholarly journals and books in the humanities and social sciences.
Theatre Research
- Humanities International Complete
This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases.
- Literature Online (LION)
A fully searchable library of more than 300,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key secondary sources.
- Music Periodicals Database
Provides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals from over 20 countries, plus full-text for more than 140 of the indexed journals.
- Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 395 international periodicals, plus full-text for more than 160 of the indexed journals.
Streaming Media
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Digital Theatre+Streaming videos of current leading theater productions. Includes behind-the-scenes documentaries, as well as teaching and learning resources to facilitate a deeper understanding of theater productions and texts.
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Theatre in VideoFrom the most important productions of Shakespeare to rare in-depth footage focusing on the work of Samuel Beckett.