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Shakespeare Guide
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This guide is intended for students who are enrolled in Literature 314, or for those interested in researching literature of the English Renaissance.

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Oxford English Dictionary and Historical Thesaurus (OED Online) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: English Language, Word Origins
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Specific Reference Titles

Encyclopedia of Renaissance Literature by J. Cook
Call Number: PN721 .C66 2006; Reference Collection -- First Floor
Publication Date: 2006
Reference to the literary works, writers, and concepts of the Renaissance. Spanning the years from 1500 to 1660, this guide examines the history and development of literature during this period.
Daily Life in Elizabethan England by J. Forgeng
Call Number: DA320 .S56 2010, Third Level
Publication Date: 2010
Dictionary of Literary-Rhetorical Conventions of the English Renaissance by M. Donker
Call Number: PR531 .D6 1982; Reference Collection -- First Floor
Publication Date: 1982

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