Resources - English - Literary Criticism in Heroic Figures

Databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR contains the full-text of more than 2,600 journals in more than 75 disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and mathematics.

Suggested search strategies:

Go to JSTOR and click on the Advanced Search link
[OPTIONAL] Scroll down and check the Language and Literature box
Scroll to the top and select Article as the Item Type and English as the Language
Enter the title of the work in the first search box and the author in the second
Based on the search results, modify your search using some or all of the following options:
1. To the right of the first search box, select Item Title from the drop-down menu - this will tell the database to look for criticisms with the name of the work in the title of the article
2. Add a third search box for further customization. Options include character names and literary terms or techniques, such as: Horatio, archetype, hero, anti-hero, ghost, dagger, feminist, post-colonial, queer, Marxist, psychoanalytical, etc.
Use Abstracts, Introductions and hyperlinked Topics to guide your reading selection

Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Academic journals covering literature, history, politics, economics, education, film, religion and women's studies.

Go to Project Muse and enter the title of the work in the search box.
On the left-hand side go the Research Area box and select Literature. Then, go to the Content Type box and select Article
Based on the search results, modify your search using some or all of the following options:
1. Select Title from the drop-down menu to the far left of the first search box - this will tell the database to look for criticisms with the name of the work in the title of the article
2. Add a second box for "Shakespeare."
3. Add a third search box for further customization. Options include character names and literary terms or techniques, such as: Horatio, archetype, hero, anti-hero, ghost, dagger, feminist, queer, Marxist, psychoanalytical

Ebsco Academic E-Book Collection This link opens in a new window Access thousands of full-text scholarty sources in all disciplines.

Connecticut Public Library Catalogs Search Connecticut public and UCONN library catalogs. Titles can be borrowed through inter-library loan at your local public library.

Go to the Calarco Library Catalog and select Advanced Search
Enter criticism in the first search box and select Any Field from the drop-down menu to the left
Enter Shakespeare in the second search box and select Subject from the drop-down menu to the left
[OPTIONAL] Modify the search by adding a third search field with the title of the play. Change the adjacent drop-down menu to Any Field

Use the same method for searching EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.