Print Encyclopedias
Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama.
Call Number: KEN Ref PN 1861 C65 2007 v.1 & 2
Encyclopedia of Asian theatre. REF/PN/2860/E53/2007 v.1 & 2
Encyclopedia of Latin American theater. REF/PQ/7082/D7/E63/2003
Encyclopedia of stage plays into film. REF/PN/1997.85/T544/2001
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama : an international reference work. REF/PN/1625/M3/1984 vol. 1-5
World encyclopedia of contemporary theatre. REF/PN/1861/W67/1994 v.1-6
Dictionaries
- American Heritage DictionaryThis is the web-based version of the American Heritage Dictionary. In addition to standard entries, the AHD includes many entries for relatively new words (like call waiting, latte or AZT), biographical entries, and entries for institutions of higher education, including mailing addresses.
- Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and PhrasesPeter Roget’s classic structure coupled with Mawson’s modernization becomes even more user-friendly on Bartleby.com with 85,000 hyperlinked cross-references—thus fulfilling their goal of “each word being related to its neighbors and each part to the whole.” Additionally, over 2,900 proverbs and quotations from classic and modern authors illustrate the 1,000-plus entries.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowThe OED2 corresponds to the 20 volume set published in 1989. This resource can be searched by the full-text of the entire dictionary, etymologies, definitions, and quotations.
Biographical Resources in Print
These are just a few of the print biographical resources in the library. Seek assistance from a librarian if you do not find an appropriate resource.
African American dramatists : an A-to-Z guide. REF/PS/338/N4/A69/2004
American national biography. REF/CT/213/A68/1999 v.1-24
Asian American playwrights : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. REF/PS/338/A74/A9/2002
British and Irish dramatists since World War II. REF/PR/736/B68/2001
British and Irish dramatists since World War II. REF/PR/736/B68/2001b
British and Irish dramatists since World War II. REF/PR/736/B683/2005
Cambridge companion to modern British women playwrights. REF/PR/739/F45/C36/2000
Current biography. REF/CT/100/C8 1940-current
Encyclopedia of African American actresses in film and television. REF/PN1995.9/N4/M345/2010
Facts on File encyclopedia of Black women in America. REF/E/185.96/F2/1997 v.9 Theater arts
female dramatist : profiles of women playwrights from the Middle Ages to the contemporary times. REF/PN/471/P37/1998
French dramatists, 1789-1914. REF/PQ/501/F733/1998
Latin American dramatists. REF/PQ/7082/D7/L373/2004
Latin American dramatists since 1945 : a bio-bibliographical guide. REF/PQ/7082/D7/H37/2003
Nineteenth-century British dramatists. REF/PR/721/N56/2009
Notable American women : a biographical dictionary completing the twentieth century. REF/CT/3260/N5725/2004
Spanish dramatists of the Golden Age : a bio-bibliographical sourcebook. REF/PQ/6051/S63/1998
Twentieth-century American dramatists. REF/PS/350/T95/2000
Twentieth-century American dramatists. REF/PS/350/T95/2002
Twentieth-century American dramatists. REF/PS/350/T97/2008
Twentieth-century French dramatists. REF/PQ/556/O64/2005
Women Pulitzer playwrights : biographical profiles and analyses of the plays. PS/338/W6/C73/2004 (book circulates from the library)
Full Text Drama Databases
- American Drama This link opens in a new windowContains more than 700 plays from over 300 dramatists. When finished, American Drama will feature the complete texts of more than 2,000 plays written by American dramatists.
- Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare This link opens in a new windowComplete text of eleven major editions of Shakespeare's works from the First Folio to the Cambridge edition of 1863-6, twenty-four separate contemporary printings of individual plays, selected apocrypha and related works and more than 100 adaptations, sequels and burlesques from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- English Prose Drama 1280-1915 This link opens in a new windowBased on plays listed in the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature that were written or intended for the stage and wholly or primarily in prose; English Prose Drama complements English Verse Drama.
- Women Writers Online This link opens in a new windowPublished by the Women Writers Project at Brown University, this database offers full-text access to early modern writings by women (1400-1850) that includes plays, medical texts, natural history, and domestic manuals. Authors are primarily English and American.
- William Butler Yeats Collection (via American & English Literature) This link opens in a new window22 printed volumes and including critical and fictional prose, poetry, plays, and autobiographical works.
- Listener Historical Archive (BBC) This link opens in a new windowArchive of weekly BBC publication "The Listener" from 1929-1991. The Listener reproduced radio broadcasts and television programs in print and also discussed major literary and musical programs.
Electronic Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new windowProvides more than 140,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres. Comprised of the Dictionary of Literary Biography main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series.
- Literary Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowThe Literary Encyclopedia is a global literary reference work written by over 1500 specialists from universities around the world, and currently provides over 4000 authoritative profiles of authors, works and literary and historical topics. 600-800 new profiles are added each year.
- Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new windowPlot summaries, articles of literary criticism, full text of literary journals, author biographies, book reviews, author interviews, and images of key literary figures. LRC also includes full text of selected classic and contemporary poems and short stories.
Electronic Biographical Resources
- Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new windowProvides more than 140,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres. Comprised of the Dictionary of Literary Biography main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series.
- Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes Classical and medieval literature criticism, Contemporary literary criticism, Drama criticism, Literature criticism 1400-1800, Nineteenth century literature criticism, Poetry criticism, Shakespeare criticism, Short story criticism, and Twentieth century literary criticism.