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tragicomedy comic the tragic the comic the in literature tragic the in literature english drama comedy english drama tragedy wit and humor history and criticism fools and jesters in literature	shakespeare william 1564-1616 characters shakespeare william 1564-1616 characters fools shakespeare william 1564-1616 characters clowns shakespeare william 1564-1616 comedies shakespeare william 1564-1616 tragedies shakespeare william 1564-1616 tragicomedies jonson ben 1573?-1637	you can use the name of a person after 'characters', e.g. falstaff you can also substitute the name of a play after the dates, e.g. tempest

Reference Books

For more information about reference books, and a more extensive list, see Reference Resources for English

Cambridge Companions
The Cambridge Collections Online database provides the full text of all titles in the Cambridge Companions series on Shakespeare, Jonson, and also comedy/tragicomedy. To get the most from the database, enter a play title, topic, or name to search across titles within the Literature and Classics Collection.

Brown, John Russell. Shakespeare and his comedies. London : Routledge, 2005.

Hogdon, Barbara, and William B. Worthen, eds. A companion to Shakespeare and performance. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Janik, Vciki, K., ed. Fools and jesters in literature, art, and history : a bio-bibliographical sourcebook. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
Has a chapter on Feste.  Use the Index for references to other comedies.

Loxley, James. The complete critical guide to Ben Jonson. New York: Routledge, 2001.

Murphy, Andrew, ed. A concise companion to Shakespeare and the text. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Onions, C. T. A Shakespeare glossary. Oxford  : Clarendon Press, 1986.

Smith, Emma. The Cambridge introduction to Shakespeare. New York : Cambridge University press, 2007.

Spevack, Marvin. A Shakespeare thesaurus. Hildesheim, Germany : Georg Olms Verlag, 1993.

Trussler, Simon. Shakespearean concepts : a dictionary of terms and conventions influences and institutions, themes, ideas and genres in the Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. London : Methuen, 1989.

Wallace, Jennifer. The Cambridge introduction to tragedy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Weitz, Eric. The Cambrdige introduction to comedy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Williams, Gordon. A glossary of Shakespeare's sexual language. New Jersey : Athlone Press, 1997.

Bibliographies
Bibliographies list references to books and serial articles. See an explanation of how they work.  All references must be checked on Voyager. Enter the title of the book or the title of the serial to see if the Library has it.

Carroll, D. Allen.  A midsummer night's dream : an annotated bibliography. New York : Garland, 1986.

Evans, James E. Comedy : an annotated bibliography of theory and criticism. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1987.

Mebane, John S, ed. Cymbeline, The winter's tale, and The tempest : an annotated bibliography of Shakespeare studies, 1864-2000. Fairview, NC : Pegasus Press, 2002.

Williamson, Marilyn L., ed. As you like it, Much ado about nothing, and Twelfth night... an annotated biliography... Fairview, N.C.: Pegausus Press, 2003.

Database Searches
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ABELL+FT - some articles full text. Where full text is not available, Use the symbol to search Voyager. Links to full-text may be provided through the Voyager catalogue record

MLA International Bibliography - some articles full text. Use the symbol to search Voyager. Links to full-text may be provided through the Voyager catalogue record

World Shakespeare Bibliography - an on-line compilation of the annual bibliographies from Shakespeare Quarterly. Indexes books, book chapters and articles on every conceivable aspect of Shakespeare, including productions and film adaptations, with cross-references to reviews. All references must be checked on Voyager to see if the Library has the book or serial.

Internet Resources
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University of Pennsylvania Furness Shakespeare Library - A collection of primary and secondary sources, including both texts and images, that illuminate the theatre, literature, and history of Shakespeare, Shakespearean texts, theatrical production, and criticism.
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Luminarium - click Renaissance link for Shakespeare.