LibGuides: English Subject Guide: 16th & 17th Century

British Literature: 16th and 17th Century

Great Writers Inspire: John Milton
Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they show about Milton's very special qualities as a writer.
Approaching Shakespeare
Each lecture focuses on a single play by Shakespeare, and employs a range of different approaches to try to understand a central critical question about it. The series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, and the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis.
Shakespeare and Voice
Shakespeare and the Stage

Slings and Arrows
This darkly comedic Canadian television series follows a Shakespeare Company under the new artistic direction of legend and madman Geoffrey Tennant. Each season focuses on the production of a different play.

Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference
The Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference is held annually. Students are encouraged to submit their work, and if selected will have the opportunity to present their paper and hear many other passioinate students speak about Shakespeare.
The Worcester Shakespeare Company
Not all of us can go to The Globe Theater if we want to see Shakespeare live. Check out Worcester's very own Shakespeare Company! The theater is conveniently located 30 minutes away from Clark and student tickets are only $15.
American Repertory Theater: The Donkey Show
Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus's celebrated smash hit The Donkey Show, brings you the ultimate disco experience—a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shows are every Saturday at the Oberon theater located in Cambridge MA. Student tickets are $15.

English Literary Renaissance
Texts, studies and bibliographies in the intellectual context and literary achievement of Tudor and Early Stuart England.
Renaissance Studies
Covers all aspects of Renaissance history and culture and contains multi-disciplinary papers on the history, art, architecture, religion, literature and language of any European country or any country influenced by Europe during the Renaissance
Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
International volume containing essays & studies dealing with medieval & early English drama. Also contains book reviews from the field.
Shakespeare Studies
Scholarly research pertaining to the dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Coverage extends to the cultural history of early modern England and the place of Shakespeare and his contemporaries within that cultural and historical context.
Seventeenth Century News
Covers all aspects of seventeenth-century culture, English, American, and European, with emphasis on literature and history.

English Subject Guide