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LIT225 Research Skills Guide: Texts and Resources

Readings

You can find the list of prescribed texts and readings for this subject in your Subject Outline, or via the Student Portal - Organise my textbooks and equipment page. Please note that the lists may vary by campus, so check your outline.

Several resources have been digitised and you'll find them through your Readings and Resources list in your subject site. 

It is advisable to buy a copy of your primary texts, so you can use them for exams and assignments, and you don't need to worry about borrowing them.

Charles Sturt Library has several of the readings available as eBooks. 

Streaming video

Various productions of the plays you're studying in this course are available via the Library. Search the following databases for these performances:

Alexander Street Press Video database:

  • Doran, Gregory, director. Royal Shakespeare Company: King Lear. Performance by Sir Antony Sher, RSC Live, 2016.
  • Tosoni, Joan, director. King Lear. Performances by Colm Feore, Sara Farb, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, 2015.
  • Miller, Jonathan, director. King Lear. Performance by Michael Hordern, BBC, 1982.
  • Doran, Gregory, director. Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet. Performances by David Tennant and Sir Patrick Stewart, BBC, 2009.
  • Godwin, Simon, director. Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet. Performance by Paapa Essiedu, RSC Live, 2016.
  • Klein, Kevin, director. Hamlet. New York Shakespeare Festival, 1990.
  • Bennett, Rodney, director. Hamlet. Performances by Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Patrick Stewart, BBC, 1980.
  • MacTaggart, James, director. The Duchess of Malfi. Performance by Eileen Atkins, BBC, 1972.

Drama Online database: 

  • Freestone, Elizabeth, director. The Duchess of Malfi. Performance by Aislin McGukin. Stage on Screen series. 

Informit EduTV database:

  • Smith, John, director. King Lear. Performance by John Bell. Bell Shakespeare, 2010.

 

Middle English

There are a number of reputable Middle English dictionaries for you to use during your studies:

Alternative resources

Oxford dictionaries

Oxford Reference Online is a huge repository of subject-specific dictionaries, encyclopaedias, and other reference-type material.

DVD's in the Library

Charles Sturt Library has film versions of HamletKing LearThe Duchess of Malfi, and A Thousand Acres available for loan on DVD. Find them in Primo Search (filter your results to Videos) and make a request, or contact the library.

But if you want to watch something straight away - check out the streaming videos in our video database collections (see the box to the left). 

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