Why start with reference sources?
Here are a few reasons:
- Get an overview of a new or complex topic
- Find authoritative information on your dramatist
- Find out the names of key players and the historical context
- Locate terms that you can use in your research
- Locate a bibliography of sources to help you start your research.
Online Resources
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowIncludes reference sources on plays, movements, and biographical information on the Spanish playwrights along with bibliographies.
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new windowReviews scholarship relating to Spanish drama, movements, and playwrights. For example, search Lope de Vega for an extensive guide to sources.
The Cervantes EncyclopediaISBN: 0313328900Publication Date: 2003Provides the context--historically, culturally, personally, and critically--for Miguel de Cervantes and his works. Search subjects such as stage. Volume 1 includes articles A-K.- The Cervantes Encyclopedia Vol. 2Volume 2 includes articles from L-Z.
- Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
Reference Works Online and Literary Histories
The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature by ISBN: 9781139055499Publication Date: 2008Includes hapters on the history of national Spanish theater, movements, and major dramatists.
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes searchable texts such as the New Cambridge Modern History.
