Renaissance Poetry and Prose

Search Omni to find books of criticism, biographies, bibliographies, concordances, literary glossaries, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on William Shakespeare. 

Do an Author search to find books by a literary author, e.g. William Shakespeare
    shakepeare william  (within author)

Do a Subject search for find books about a literary author, e.g. William Shakespeare
    shakespeare william (within subject heading)

Subject Headings vs Keyword Searching

Subject headings allow you to search the library catalogue for resources on a particular author or topic and are often more productive than keyword searches. 

Keyword searches work best if you have mulitiple concepts or topics. Use the results to find relevant titles and identify assigned subject headings for your topic in order to find similar books. 

Start with the broad subject heading, Shakespeare William 1564-1616 and then browse the subheadings. Some examples:

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM, 1564-1616  - CHARACTERS - COMEDIES - CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION - CRITICISM, TEXTUAL - DICTIONARIES - DRAMA - ENCYCLOPEDIAS - ETHICS - FILM AND VIDEO ADAPTATIONS - HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC. - HISTORIES - HUMOR - KNOWLEDGE - LITERARY STYLE - MUSICAL SETTINGS - OUTLINES, SYLLABI, ETC. - PARODIES, IMITATIONS, ETC.

- PERIODICALS - POETIC WORKS - POLITICAL AND SOCIAL VIEWS - QUOTATIONS - RELIGION - SOCIETIES - SONGS AND MUSIC - SONNETS - SOURCES - STAGE HISTORY - STORIES, PLOTS, ETC. - STUDY AND TEACHING - TECHNIQUE - THEMES, MOTIVES - TRAGEDIES - TRAGICOMEDIES - VIEWS ON FEMINISM - VIEWS ON IMPERIALISM

For works about specific poem. do a subject search with the poet's name and the title of the work. For example:

Milton John 1608-1674 Paradise lost

Additional subject headings that can be useful include:

Literature 

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism

English literature--16th century

English literature--16th century--History and criticism

English literature--17th century

English literature--17th century--History and criticism

Poetry

English poetry--16th century

English poetry--16th century--History and criticism

English poetry--17th century

English poetry--17th century--History and criticism

Prose Literature

English prose literature--Early modern, 1500-1700