So I welcome additions. If you're aware of any appropriate titles
that are not listed here, please let me know. Books and plays only,
please; the job is big enough as it is. Act and scene references
would be greatly appreciated, as I'll need to verify each entry.
No critical studies of Shakespeare have been included in these
listings -- because that would be cheating. And books about
specific productions of the plays have been left out for the
same reason, unless a few slipped in by accident. The purpose
of these lists is to offer some illustration
of how widely disseminated beyond the sphere of academic scholarship
Shakespeare's words have become. And to point out, once again, that
Shakespeare has been so thoroughly absorbed into the English language
that much of the time we don't even know we're quoting him.
Over the years Shakespeare has proved a
remarkably rich source for titles of books
and plays. The accompanying lists are by
by no means complete; after all, Shakespeare
has been providing us with titles for
four hundred years. What's more, the lists never
will be complete -- not so long as writers keep
turning to favorite Shakespearean phrases
and images for their titles.
To see a list, click on a play's title to the left. To look for
a specific title or phrase, click the Search button.
Sir John Gilbert: The Plays of William Shakespeare
The best source of Shakespearean links on the web is Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet, scrupulously maintained by Terry Gray.
Barbara Paul
