Jasinski
Hamlet Research
Honors Article Links
Evans, Robert C. "Friendship in Hamlet." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Janet Witalec, vol. 83, Gale, 2004. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420063532/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=b10d5057. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018. Originally published in Comparative Drama, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 88-124.
Foley, Andrew. "Heaven or havoc? The end of hamlet." Shakespeare in Southern Africa, vol. 24, 2012, p. 45+. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A312403151/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=6d418630. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
Meeker, Joseph W. "Hamlet and the Animals." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Lawrence J. Trudeau, vol. 150, Gale, 2013. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420114280/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=bfe684f3. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018. Originally published in The Comedy of Survival, Scribner’s, 1974, pp. 68-70
Poynting, Sarah. "'Good now, sit down, and tell me': Sarah Poynting explores narrative and language in Hamlet." The English Review, vol. 15, no. 3, 2005, p. 2+. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A127870117/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=c394f3ca. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
Sadowski, Piotr. "Hamlet." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 92, Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420067093/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=685e33c9. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018. Originally published in Dynamism of Character in Shakespeare's Mature Tragedies, Associated University Presses, 2003, pp. 98-163.
Skulsky, Harold. "Revenge, Honor, and Conscience in Hamlet." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Dana Ramel Barnes, vol. 35, Gale, 1997. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420018843/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=06035a33. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018. Originally published in PMLA, vol. 85, no. 1, Jan. 1970, pp. 78-87.
Tiffany, Grace. "Hamlet, Reconciliation, and the Just State." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 102, Gale, 2007. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420074831/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=e9370658. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018. Originally published in Renascence, vol. 58, no. 2, Winter 2005, pp. 111-133.
Titlestad, Peter. "Hamlet the populist politician." Shakespeare in Southern Africa, vol. 25, 2013, p. 43+. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A348786913/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=8655949a. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
CP Articles
"Hamlet." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 102, Gale, 2007. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1410001789/GLS?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=GLS&xid=b4ab0045. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
Jones, Ernest. "Hamlet and Oedipus." EXPLORING Shakespeare, Gale, 2003. Research in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2115503769/MSIC?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=MSIC&xid=a9d1cb09. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
"Overview of Hamlet." EXPLORING Shakespeare, Gale, 2003. Research in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/app
s/doc/EJ2115504909/MSIC?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=MSIC&xid=70bfc91a. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
Spindel, Barbara. "'Hamlet Globe to Globe' chronicles the most idealistic theatrical tour ever." Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2017. Research in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A490683660/MSIC?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=MSIC&xid=a298dbfe. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
"The Historical Context of Hamlet." EXPLORING Shakespeare, Gale, 2003. Research in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2115504800/MSIC?u=mlin_w_chichs&sid=MSIC&xid=e45ca685. Accessed 13 Feb. 2018.
Araby
- "Araby" excerpt from Short Stories for Students
- "Araby" from Short Stories for Students
- An Overview of "Araby" from Exploring Short Stories
Beowulf
Literary Criticism Excerpt by Helen Conrad-O'Brian
Citation: Helen Conrad-O'Briain, Critical Essay on Beowulf, in Epics for Students, 2nd ed., Gale, Cengage Learning, 2011.
Beowulf - Background
Beowulf Historical Context [video, 4 minutes] from Shmoop
Short Articles
Beowulf: Context from SparkNotes
Anglo-Saxon and Germanic Culture: The Historical Setting of Beowulf
Beowulf from Epics for Students (history, context, summary, themes, literary criticisms)
Longer Articles
Placing Beowulf in History from Student Resources in Context
Beowulf from Gale Resources in Context
Beowulf from Myths and Legends of the World
Why Read Beowulf? by Robert Yeager (National Endowment of the Humanities, Mar/Apr 1999)
Norse Mythology from Myths and Legends of the World
James Bond as Literary Descendant of Beowulf from DISCovering Authors
Beowulf: New Light on the Dark Ages from History Today
Elizabethan Era History
Elizabethan History
- Elizabeth Takes the Throne
- Elizabethan Explorers and Colonizers
- The Last Years of Elizabeth's Reign
- The Catholic Reformation and Conspiracies Against Elizabeth, 1558–1580
- Daily Life in the Elizabethan Era
- The Reformation in England
- The Elizabethan Court
- Elizabethan Drama
- The Medieval, Catholic Roots of the Elizabethan World
- A Changing View of the Universe: Philosophy and Science in the Elizabethan Era
- The Arts in the Elizabethan Era
- The War with Spain
Elizabethan Biographies
- Mary Stuart
- Grace O'Malley
- Philip II
- Christopher Marlowe
- Bess of Hardwick
- Walter Raleigh
- Edmund Campion
- John Hawkins
- Robert Devereux
- Francis Drake
- Francis Bacon
- Philip Sidney
- Richard Hakluyt
- John Dee
- Francis Walsingham
- Edmund Spenser
- Robert Dudley
- William Allen
- Henry VIII
- William Shakespeare
Elizabethan Primary Sources (with contextual overviews)
- History of the World by Walter Raleigh
- The Voyages of John White by Richard Hakluyt
- Debate on Elizabeth's Catholic Policies
- Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh
- The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women by John Knox
- The Schoolmaster by Robert Ascham
- Stubbes on Ruffs by Philip Stubbes
- Richard II by William Shakespeare
- The Book of Common Prayer
- Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England
- Pope Pius V's Bull Against Elizabeth I by Pope Pius V
- The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser
- Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
- The Speeches of Elizabeth I
- The Queen Majesty's Passage
- A Survey of London by John Stowe