English+Drama


 * Name of Collection**: English Drama
 * School Name**: "Herbert H. Lehman" High School
 * Address**: 3000 East Tremont, Bronx New York 10461
 * Phone**: 718-904-4200 ext. 1056
 * Fax**:718-904-4285
 * Librarians**: Sandra Burger, Kristina Miruku, Debra Shulman
 * Librarian's e-mail**: emiruku@optonline.net


 * Introduction**: Our CCD collection of English Drama reflects the requirements of the ELA curriculum in New York City public schools. Most of the pieces in our CCD collection are print sources on William Shakespeare and his work. The following pathfinder is intended to assist students and teachers in conducting research on __Othello__.


 * Questions for Inquiry**:
 * What are the character traits of the female characters in __Othello__?
 * What is the nature of love in the play?
 * How is evil exposed in the play?
 * How is the characterization of Iago achieved?
 * How is the relationship between idealism and realism delivered?
 * What are the effects of jealousy in the play?
 * What are the literary elements and the dramatic techniques used by William Shakespeare?
 * What are the many natures of Othello?
 * How does race play a role in the play?

__Desdemona__ - Female character, Innocence, Culpability, Passivity, Spiritual nature of her love __Evil__ __Iago__ - Villain, motives, revenge, scheme __Idealism vs Realism__ __Jealousy__ __Language and Imagery; Dramatic Techniques__ __Love__ __Othello__ - Affinity with Iago, Conventional "blameless hero," Credulity, Divided nature, Egotism, Self-destructive anger, Spiritual state, Psychoanalitic interpretation, Racial issues.
 * Keywords**:


 * Subject Headings**: English Drama, Shakespeare, Othello, Feminism, Love, Race


 * CCD print sources & Dewey Decimal #s**

//**__Desdemona__**// - Female character, Innocence, Culpability, Passivity, Spiritual nature of her love
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997.Volumes: 4, 13, 19, 22, 35, 47, 53
 * 822.3 WIL** Bloom, Harold, ed. __William Shakespeare’s Othello__. Chelsea House, c1999.
 * 822.33 DAS** Dash, Irene G. __Wooing, Wedding & Power: Women in Shakespeare’s Plays__. New York : Columbia University Press, c1981.
 * 822.3 R** Rosenberg, Marvin. __The Masks of Othello: The Search for the Identity of Othello, Iago and Desdemona by Three Centuries of Actors and Critics.__ Newark : University of Delaware Press, c1978.
 * 822.3 G** Goddard, Harold. __The Meaning of Shakespeare.__ Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1960.
 * 822.3 SHA** Barker, Deborah E. and Ivo Kamps, ed. __Shakespeare and Gender: A History__. London: Verso, 1995.
 * 822.3 JAM** Jameson, Anna. __Shakespeare’s Heroines: Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical__. Pennsylvania: Folcroft Library Editions, 1977.
 * 822.33 BLO** Bloom, Harold, ed. __Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human__. New York : Riverhead Books, c1998.
 * 822.3 B** Boyce, Charles. __Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More.__ New York: Delta/ a Rountable Press Book, 1991.
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespeare For Students__. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997.
 * 822.3 IAG** Bloom, Harold. __Iago: Major Literary Characters__. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 1992.


 * //__Evil__//**
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 Volumes: 52, 60
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespeare For Students__. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. B. 1

__**//Iago//**__ - Villain, motives, revenge, scheme
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 Volumes: 4, 13, 25, 28, 32, 35, 42, 44, 53
 * 822.3 WIL** Bloom, Harold, ed. __William Shakespeare’s Othello__. Chelsea House, c1999.
 * 822.3 R** Rosenberg, Marvin. __The Masks of Othello: The Search for the Identity of Othello, Iago and Desdemona by Three Centuries of Actors and Critics.__ Newark : University of Delaware Press, c1978.
 * 822.33 BLO** Bloom, Harold, ed. __Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human__. New York : Riverhead Books, c1998.
 * 822.3 G** Goddard, Harold. __The Meaning of Shakespeare.__ Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1960.
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespeare For Students__. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. B. 1
 * 822.3 B** Boyce, Charles. __Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More.__ New York: Delta/ a Rountable Press Book, 1991.
 * 822.3 IAG** Bloom, Harold. __Iago: Major Literary Characters__. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 1992.
 * 822.3 McC** McConnell. __Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Shakespeare’s Characters, Plays, Poems, History, and Stagecraft__. Illinois: Bloomsbury, 2003.

__//**Idealism vs Realism**//__
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 Volumes: 4, 13, 25, 53


 * //__Jealousy__//**
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997Volumes: 4, 35, 44, 51
 * 822.3 WIL** Bloom, Harold, ed. __William Shakespeare’s Othello__. Chelsea House, c1999.
 * 822.3 IAG** Bloom, Harold. __Iago: Major Literary Characters__. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 1992.
 * 822.33 BLO** Bloom, Harold, ed. __Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human__. New York : Riverhead Books, c1998.


 * //__Language and Imagery; Dramatic Techniques__//**
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 Volumes: 4, 13, 16, 22, 25, 28, 42, 47, 53
 * 822.3 WIL** Bloom, Harold, ed. __William Shakespeare’s Othello__. Chelsea House, c1999.
 * 822.3 IAG** Bloom, Harold. __Iago: Major Literary Characters__. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 1992.
 * 822.3 G** Granville – Barker, Harley & G. B. Harrison. __A Companion to Shakespeare Studies__ . New York: Macmillian, 1934.
 * 822.33 JOR** Paul A. Jorgensen. __William Shakespeare: The Tragedies__ . Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985.


 * //__Love__//**
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 Volumes: 4, 19, 22, 25, 28,32, 35, 51


 * //__Othello__//**: Affinity with Iago, Conventional "blameless hero", credulity, divided nature, egotism, self-destructive anger, spiritual state, psychoanalytic interpretation, racial issues
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespearean Criticism__. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 Volumes: 4, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28,32, 35, 42, 44, 47, 51, 53, 60
 * 822.3 IAG** Bloom, Harold. __Iago: Major Literary Characters__. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 1992.
 * 822.3 WIL** Bloom, Harold, ed. __William Shakespeare’s Othello__. Chelsea House, c1999.
 * 822.3 B** Boyce, Charles. __Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More.__ New York: Delta/ a Rountable Press Book, 1991.
 * 822.3 SHA** __Shakespeare For Students__. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. B. 1
 * 822.3 G** Goddard, Harold. __The Meaning of Shakespeare.__ Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1960.
 * 822.33 BLO** Bloom, Harold, ed. __Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human__. New York : Riverhead Books, c1998.
 * 822.3 R** Rosenberg, Marvin. __The Masks of Othello: The Search for the Identity of Othello, Iago and Desdemona by Three Centuries of Actors and Critics.__ Newark : University of Delaware Press, c1978.
 * 822.33 AND** Andrews, John F., ed. __William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence__. New York: Scribner, 1985.

• Print:
Coles, R. "Secular Days, Sacred Moments". __America__. 14 Feb 1998: 4. Tolson, J. "The Return of the Bard". __U.S. News & World Reports__. 1 Feb 1999: 48-9.

Databases:
http://auth.com/cgi-bin/go_up_login?formu=herberths&formp=grolier Access from home: [|http://go.grolier.com] Request password from librarians
 * 1) Grolier Online Database – Analyses of Shakespeare’s works
 * 1) New York Public Library – [|http://www.nypl.org] To access the electronic resources use the barcode on the library card.
 * 2) NOVEL http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_hhlem. Is a collection of databases. The database that may be of help in researching Shakespeare is Twayne’s Author Series.

[|**Othello** / William Shakespeare **criticism** - A. C. Bradley]
sunflower.singnet.com.sg/~yisheng/notes/shakespeare/**othello**_b.htm

[|IPL Online Literary **Criticism** Collection] [|www.ipl.org.ar/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out]. ||  || [|**Othello** by William Shakespeare] [|ISE Links Database - **Criticism**] ise.uvic.ca/Annex/links/Shakespeare_Sites/**Criticism**.html ||  || [|Philip C. Kolin - **Othello** and Interpretive Traditions (review **...**] (subscription based)
 * The Internet Public Library. Online Literary **Criticism** Collection. Sites about **Othello** by William Shakespeare. Characters: **Othello**, Iago **...**
 * **Othello** : Critical Essays (Shakespeare **Criticism**) ed. by Philip C. Kolin Philip Kolin schools.moe.edu.sg/rjc/subjects/english/lit/texts/**othello**.htm ||  ||
 * Gray's site has an excellent list of links to Shakespeare **criticism** on the Web:
 * muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal/v052/52.4kolin.html ||  ||

[|William Shakespeare **- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia**] [|**The Complete Works of** William Shakespeare] [|**Mr.** William Shakespeare **and the Internet**] [|William Shakespeare **- Biography and Works**] [|**Shakespeare Resource Center**] [|**Shakespeare Online**] [|**Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays...**] [|**Shakespeare Birthplace Trust**]
 * Thorough description of Shakespeare’s life, times and works; links to other resources. Access is denied in school. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare ||  ||
 * Full text of complete works of William Shakespeare. The site also includes a link to internet sites on the author http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ ||  ||
 * An annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet. Includes a timeline and Shakespeare’s genealogy. Categories are listed on the left-hand side of the page. http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ ||  ||
 * William Shakespeare. Biography of William Shakespeare and a searchable collection of works. http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/ ||  ||
 * You'll find here collected links from all over the World Wide Web to help you find information on William Shakespeare. The list of links Includes biography, works, analyses of language Elizabethan England, Shakespeare’s will, etcetera. [|www.bardweb.net/] ||  ||
 * Includes biography, analyses of different topics and characters that appear in Shakespeare’s work.It also includes interesting trivia about the author. [|www.shakespeare-online.com/] ||  ||
 * Absolute Shakespeare, the essential resource for William Shakespeare's plays. It also includes a detailed biography.http://absoluteshakespeare.com/ ||  ||
 * Beautiful pictures of Shakespeare’s houses ; documents from Library & Archives · Museums · etcetera. [|www.shakespeare.org.uk/] ||  ||

VIDEO 800 SHA __Shakespeare in London: Life and Times of the Real William Shakespeare__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Shakespeare in American Communities__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Shakespeare in Love__ VIDEO 800 __Shakespeare and the Globe__ DVD 900 IN __In Search of Shakespeare__ VIDEO 800 SHA __OTH Othello__ VIDEO 800 SHA __The Reduced Shakespeare Company : Complete works of William Shakespeare __ VIDEO 800 SHA __William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama__ Video 800 SHA __William Shakespeare: A Poet of Time__ VIDEO 800 O __O Othello__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Irony and Ambiguity__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Language and Character__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Passion and Coolness__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Playing Shakespeare: Using the Verse__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Preparing to Perform Shakespeare__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Rehearsing the Text__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Set Speeches and Soliloquies__ VIDEO 800 SHA __Speaking Shakespearean Verse__

**Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic**:
"Information Fluency Continuum" - Standard 1 English Language Arts - Standards 1, 2, 3