http://www.brcc.edu/library/tempest/

Mr. Covington
English 112
Blue Ridge Community College

George Romney. The Tempest, c.1790.

Engraving from Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. The original, 17.25 x 23.25 inches, is now owned by the Bolton Art Gallery, Bolton, England.

Finding information resources to assist you in developing 
one of the following two thesis: 

1. The Tempest reflects European values of colonialism.
2. The Tempest is Shakespeare's farewell to the stage. 

This web page will guide you to the following resources:

I. Online Journal and Magazine Articles

II. Web Sites

III. Books and other Print Sources in the Houff Library. 

IV. Style Guides



I. Find Information from Periodicals (Magazine, Journals & Newspapers)

Indexes Used for Finding Periodicals be sure and follow all the steps on our Remote Access Directions page to be able to access these databases from your home computer

1. Academic Search Complete
2. MasterFile Premier  
3. Literature Resource Center
4. Project Muse

"Are we being historical yet?": Colonialist interpretations of Shakespeare's Tempest.
Sample Articles found in Academic Search Complete for the Subject Search:

"Th'indias of spice and mine": An Overview of the Poetic Plundering of New Worlds by Shakespeare and His Contemporaries.
Rethinking the Discourse of Colonialism in Economic Terms: Shakespeare's The Tempest, Captain John Smith's Virginia Narratives, and the English Response to Vagrancy.
COVER STORY; Prospero and Ariel Confront the Civil War.
Sample Articles found in MasterFile Premier  for the Keyword Search:
Shakespeare's Tempest and the Disclosure of Colonialism.
"Are we being historical yet?": Colonialist interpretations of Shakespeare's Tempest.
Men of Inde: Renaissance ethnography and The Tempest.
Sample Articles found in Project Muse for the Subject Search:

Understanding The Tempest
Voyage to Tunis: New History and the Old World of The Tempest 
The Tempest is Shakespeare's farewell to the stage
Sample Articles found in Literature Resource Center

'This Tunis, sir, was Carthage': Contesting Colonialism in The Tempest.
Aimé Césaire's Reworking of Shakespeare: Anticolonialist Discourse in Une Tempête
Rethinking the Discourse of Colonialism in Economic Terms: Shakespeare's The Tempest, Captain John Smith's Virginia Narratives, and the English Response to Vagrancy

II. Web Sites

Web Sites & Documents

Sample Web Sites containing criticism, plot summaries and author information. 
National and Colonial Education in Shakespeare's The Tempest
Shakespeare: Criticism
Internet Public Library: Sites About the Tempest
Dating The Tempest
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Plot Summaries and Character Analysis of The Tempest from Univ. of Utah
Search for words or acts in The Tempest
 

III. Books Available in the Houff Library:

Selected titles that can be checked out from the Houff Library

Essays in Shakespearean criticism PR2890 .C33 (See p. 368)
Twentieth century interpretations of The tempest PR2833 .S6 (See p. 43)
The development of Shakespeare's imagery PR3072 .C554 1962 (See p. 182)
A Shakespeare commentary PR2894 .B3 (See p. 129)
Critical essays on Shakespeare's The tempest PR2833 .C75 1998 (See p. 60 & 214)
Shakespeare PR2894 .S38 1998 (See p. 269)
MasterPlots Vol 11 Ref PN 44 .M33 1996 (See p. 6446)
1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays 4 Ref PN 44 .M31 (See p. 2217)
   
America through British eyes E 169.1 .N52
Everyday Life in Colonial America E 162 .T26 1999
Everyday life in Early America E. 162 .H3 1998
The Cultural Life of the American Colonies E 162 .W89 
American Heritage vol. XXI No. 5. Aug 1970 p. 44 E 172 .A56 1970 (See p. 44)
The American in their Moral, Political and Social Relations E 165 .G89


IV. Style Guides

Style Guides
Online Writers Workshop (Includes APA & MLA Guides) University of Illinois 
APA Guide from Purdue's On-line Writing Lab 
MLA Guide from Purdue's On-line Writing Lab

8/4/09