http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/S/reviews-critiques.html en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:47:12 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/shakespeare-for-students-critical-interpretations-of-shakespeares-plays-and-poetry-from-gale.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/G/S_gale-virtual-ref.jpg" alt="Gale Virtual Reference Library" height="132px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;eisbn=9781414429373&amp;userGroupName=viva_vpi&amp;version=1.0" title="Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations of Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry from Gale Virtual Reference Library" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&amp;prodId=GVRL&amp;eisbn=9781414429373&amp;userGroupName=viva_vpi&amp;version=1.0')" shape="rect">Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations of Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry from Gale Virtual Reference Library</a> </span></h2><p>A collection of essays by Shakespeare scholars that have been selected for students at the high school or undergraduate college level. Each entry includes an introduction; a plot synopsis; a character list; a discussion of the work's principal themes; information about the style and literary devices used; a conversation about the work's historical context; and a critical overview. 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Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year's textual and critical studies, and of the year's major British performances. Each chapter can be downloaded as a PDF. The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs. 1948-present.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/shakespeare-survey-online-from-cambridge.html">Full record</a></p></div> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/S/shakespeare-survey-online-from-cambridge.html Handbooks and manuals Reviews and critiques Restricted to Virginia Tech users Contents of database in Summon