Literature Criticism
- Roman Dramapresents critical discussion of Roman theater from the mid-third century B.C. to the first century A.D.
Literature Criticism Databases
- Literature Criticism Online (Gale) This link opens in a new windowContemporary Literary Criticism Online covers more than 3,000 authors currently active or active during the later 20th century.
Almost 95% of critical essays from the print series Contemporary Literary Criticism Online are reproduced in full in this online collection, which combines multiple search and browse options with an engaging format that matches the look and content of the print originals.
Clear and accessible introductory essays are followed by carefully selected critical responses to help users engage with a variety of scholarly views and literary conversations. Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of contemporary literature will find this resource valuable.
- MagillOnLiterature Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowMagillOnLiterature Plus, produced by Salem Press, is the premier literary database, combining MagillOnLiterature and MagillOnAuthors. This database includes all the literary works, reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries that are included in MagillOnLiterature, as well as all the biographies and author essays included in MagillOnAuthors.
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) (1926+) This link opens in a new windowProduced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations, with links to full text in JSTOR, Project MUSE, and other resources. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms, and personal names used in indexing the bibliography.
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Notable Plays
Greek & Roman Comedy: Translations & Interpretations of Four Representative Plays by Call Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection PA3629 .G74 2001Aristophanes - Acharnians
Menander - Dyskolos; or, The Grouch
Plautus - Casina
Terence - Phormio
Roman Fabulae Palliatae (280 – 150 BCE)
- Plautus – Braggart Soldier (Miles Gloriosus), Ghost, Rope, Pot of Gold, Pseudolus, Menaechmi (The Menaechmus Twins), Amphitryo, Comedy of Asses, Three-Dollar Day, Mostellaria (The Haunted House)
- Terence – Girl from Andros, Brothers, Eunuch, Mother-in-Law, Phormio
Roman Closet Drama (1st century CE)
- Seneca the Younger – Medea, Oedipus, Madness of Hercules (Hercules Furens), Phoenician Women, Phaedra, Hercules on Oeta, Agamemnon, Thyestes
Roman Tragoediae Praetextae (?)
- Attributed to Seneca (but not Seneca) – Octavia