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Sir Walter Raleigh
- Research Starter: Sir Walter RaleighLink out to a Research Starter on Walter Raleigh including background and biographical information.
- Literary Criticism from Gale: Sir Walter RaleghLink out to literary criticism from Gale's Literary Sources on Sir Walter Ralegh.
- Literary Criticism from EBSCO: Sir Walter RaleighLink out to literary criticism from EBSCOs Literary Reference Center on Sir Walter Raleigh.
- Overview: The Nymph's Reply to the ShepherdFrom Gale's Literary Criticism, link out to an explanation and overview of the poem.
Christopher Marlowe
- Research Starter: Christopher MarloweLink out to a Research Starter on Christopher Marlowe which includes background and biographical information.
- Critical Essay: The Passionate Shepherd to His LoveFrom Poetry for Students, Volume 22, link out to a critical essay on "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love".
- Research Starter: Doctor FaustusLink out to a Research Starter on Marlowe's Doctor Faustus.
- Streaming Video: Doctor FaustusThis classic play is aimed at the student, teacher, lecturer and theater lover alike. Staged using professional actors and directors at London's award-winning Greenwich Theatre, “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus” was first published in 1604 by Christopher Marlowe. Closed Captioning aids in reading along and understanding the language of the play.
- Literary Criticism from Gale: Doctor FaustusLink out to literary criticism from Gale's Literary Sources on Marlowe's "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus".
- Literary Criticsm from EBSCO: Doctor FaustusLink out to literary criticism from EBSCOs Literary Reference Center Plus.
William Shakespeare
Speech and Performance in Shakespeare's Sonnets and Plays by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780521811156Publication Date: 2002-10-17David Schalkwyk offers a sustained reading of Shakespeare's sonnets in relation to his plays. He argues that the language of the sonnets is primarily performative rather than descriptive, and bases this distinction on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin. Schalkwyk addresses such issues as embodiment and silencing, interiority and theatricality, inequalities of power, status, gender and desire, both in the published poems and on the stage and in the context of the early modern period.
The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780674637122Publication Date: 1999-11-01Helen Vendler, widely regarded as our most accomplished interpreter of poetry, here serves as an incomparable guide to some of the best-loved poems in the English language. In detailed commentaries on Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, Vendler reveals previously unperceived imaginative and stylistic features of the poems, pointing out not only new levels of import in particular lines, but also the ways in which the four parts of each sonnet work together to enact emotion and create dynamic effect.
- Literary Criticism from Gale: Shakespeare's SonnetsLink out to literary criticism from Gale's Literary Sources on Shakespeare's Sonnets.
- Literary Criticism from EBSCO: Shakespeare's SonnetsLink out to criticism on the Sonnets from EBSOCs Literary Reference Center Plus.
- Shakespeare's SonnetsPDF of the chapter on Shakespeare's Sonnets from the Cambridge Companion to the Sonnet.
Andrew Marvell
- Research Starter: Andrew MarvellLink out to a Research Starter on Andrew Marvell.
- Research Starter: To His Coy MistressLink out to a Research Starter on Marvell's most famous poem, "To His Coy Mistress".
- Literary Criticism from Gale: To His Coy MistressLink out to literary criticism from Gale's Literary Sources on Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress".
- Literary Criticism from EBSCO: To His Coy MistressLink out to literary criticism from EBSCOs Literary Reference Center Plus on Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress".
Andrew Marvell by Call Number: EBOOKISBN: 9780415134149Various critical essays on Marvell's work; consult the index to locate criticism on his poetry and "To His Coy Mistress".
Margaret Cavendish
- From Credo Reference: Margaret CavendishBiographical information on Margaret Cavendish from Credo Reference Online.
- Critical Essay: Margeret CavendishThe article presents an examination into the 1656 essay "A True Relation of my Birth, Breeding and Life," by the English aristocrat Margaret Cavendish, discussing its features as an autobiographical relazione or "relation," a literary genre used in previous centuries to describe personal accounts. Details are given discussing the context of the work, particularly noting its publication in response to social rumors against her public persona. It is then asserted that through the rhetorical features of this genre, Cavendish chose a literary response to the controversies circulating about her.
- Critical Essay on The Blazing WorldA literary analysis of the book "The Blazing World" by Margaret Cavendish, is presented. It discusses how the book encompasses a vast number of popular literary genres including travel writing, utopia, epic, and satire, focusing particularly on its intersection between fiction and philosophy as well as its use of the scientific knowledge of the 17th century.