Pathfinder for Classical Literature Research Topics

 

This guide is designed to help you find information about classical literature using Internet and/or print resources. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list; rather, it is intended to be a useful starting point for those wishing to find quality information about the topic.

 

If you would like to learn more about classical literature, follow the links on this pathfinder.  It will help you find information in your school library and on the Internet about your topic.

 

Print Resources

 

There are several excellent books about classical literature.  A few of the books are listed below.  To locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library catalog.

 

NON-FICTION BOOKS

 

Call Number                 Title of Book

 

823  THA                    Student companion to Charlotte & Emily Bronte

92  WOL                     The life and death of Mary Wollstonecraft

920 BIO                      Biography Millennium (videorecording)

92 AUS                       Jane Austen and her world

92 HAW                      Stephen Hawking

PL 028 BAU                The well-educated mind:  a guide to the classical education

820.9   BAU                A literary history of England

809 SMI                      The great critics

945  COH                    Daily life in Renaissance Italy

700.9   HAL                The Renaissance: artists and writers

 

SUGGESTED KEYWORDS AND PHRASES

 

Women novelists

Self-Culture

Education, Humanistic

Literature History and criticism

English literature history and criticism

Renaissance Italy

Italy Social life and customs to 1500

 

Online Resources—Internet Sites

 

http://www.pbs.org/

http://www.historychannel.com/

http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/

http://www.olympia.org/external/OHMSMediaCenter/mag&newspapers.html  (Electric Library)

http://tazewell.k12.il.us/washingtonhs/Library/MainPage.htm  (J.R.R. Tolkien)