Shakespeare and Elizabethan Times
To prepare for reading Shakespeare, you will learn more about "the good old days" so we can better picture the time period. The following resources will be helpful to you as you are completing this assignment.
Print Resources
Please use the books on the cart or search the online catalog for your topic. Don't get too specific when using the online catalog. Terms like "Elizabethan life" or "Shakespeare" work best.
Databases
Student Resource Center: Search across all databases.
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Access from Student Resource Center. Click on history under publications to expand the list. Click under Elizabethan World Reference Library. This is a 4-volume e-book. Look for your topic under the table of contents or index.
Best of the Web
Queen Elizabeth I and her times
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare
Social Life in Shakespeare's time
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