Epic & Classical
Literature
A
research guide: books, articles, web sites, & videos
Reference Books—A Selection
Reference
books provide a good starting point for your research. Reference items are
located in the Library’s Reference collection, behind the Reference Desk on the
top floor of Spangler.
See also these related research guides: English
Literature and Literary Analysis, Mythology/Folklore/Legend, Shakespeare
Research, and Theology.
Bibliographies and
Guides
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Epic and Romance Criticism: A Checklist of
Interpretations, 1940-1972. Volume 1:
English and American Epics and Metrical Romances. R 016.8091 C692
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The Humanities:
A Selective Guide to Information Sources.
R
016.0160013 B6144h, 2000
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Who’s Who
in the Ancient World: A Handbook to the Survivors of the Greek and Roman
Classics.
R 920.009 R129w, 1971
Dictionaries
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An Arthurian Dictionary. R 809.933 M825a, 1978
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The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology. R 422.03
B266d, 1988
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Classics Illustrated Dictionary. R 913.38 F951,
1974
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Dictionary of the Middle Ages. R 909.07 S913d 13 vols.
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Greek and Latin Authors, 800 B.C. – A.D. 1000: A
Biographical Dictionary. R 928.8
G762g, 1980
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Historical Dictionary of the
Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland,
and America.
R 942.05
W1254h, 1999
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The Oxford
Classical Dictionary. R 913.38 C333o, 1996
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The Oxford
Dictionary of the Classical World. R 913.38 O25d, 2005
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Who Was Who in the Greek World. R 920.038 W628, 1982
Encyclopedias and Handbooks
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Cambridge
Illustrated History of Ancient Greece. R 938 C1781i, 1998
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A Companion to Homer’s Odyssey. R
883 M834Sc
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Chaucer A to Z. R 821.1 R834c, 1999
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A Concise Encyclopedia of the Italian Renaissance. R 945.05 H162c, 1981
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The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations. R
930.03 C847e, 1980
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Encyclopedia of the Classical
World. R 913.38 C948
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Encyclopedia of the
Renaissance. R 940.23 E197r, 1990 6 vols.
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Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. R 808.003 E197r, 2001
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Greek and Latin Authors: 800 BC – AD 1000. A Biographical Dictionary. R 928.8 G762g,
1980
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Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Classical World.
R 913.38 A959i, 1975
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Late Antiquity: A Guide to the
Postclassical World. R 938.003 L343a, 1999
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Medieval England:
An Encyclopedia. R 942 M4688e, 1998
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The Middle Ages: A Concise Encyclopedia. R
909.07 L923m, 1989
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A Milton Dictionary. R 821.47 M662h, 1978
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A Mirror of Chaucer’s World. R 821.17 L863
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The Oxford
Book of Classical Verse in Translation. R 881.008 O98,
1995
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The Oxford
Companion to Classical Literature. R 913.38 H341, 1997
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The Oxford
History of the Classical World. R 938
O98, 1986
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The Riverside
Chaucer. R 821.17 C3931r
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Routledge History of Philosophy:
From Aristotle to Augustine. Vol. 2. R 190.9 R7657h, 1999
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Routledge History of Philosophy:
From the Beginning to Plato. Vol. 1. R 190.9 R7657h, 1997
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Vergil Reference CD-ROM. R 873.01
V587r, 1997
Reference Resources Online
Literary
Reference Center
Provides full-text access to many
reference resources online, including:
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Merriam Webster's
Encyclopedia of Literature;
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Beacham's
six-volume Research Guide to Biography and Criticism;
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Continuum’s
encyclopedia’s of American, British, and children’s literature;
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The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics and The Columbia Companion to the 20th
Century American Short Story;
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The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature; The Literary Encyclopedia;
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Masterplots
and Masterplots II;Cyclopedia of World
Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary
Characters, and
Magill's
Literary Annual;
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The Harold Bloom
series of over 500 books; and additional resources of information
on notable
authors of long and
short fiction, poetry, drama, and philosophy.
Masterplots
Complete 2000
Full-text. On-campus access only; when prompted; click
Open to access the file. Coverage includes
synopses of plays, character profiles, and brief author biographies
including lists of major works.
To access: From the library homepage, click on Articles in Databases, and then select English Language and Literature.
Oxford
English Dictionary
Full-text. Offers access to the online,
historical dictionary of the English language. Traces the usage of words from a
wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature
and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. Updated
quarterly.
To access: From the library homepage, click on Articles in Databases, and then select English Language and Literature.
Oxford
Reference Online
Full-text. Brings together
100 dictionaries and other reference books in various subjects into one
searchable database. Includes under “Literature” the following: The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms and The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature.
To access: From the library homepage,
click on Books, and select Oxford Reference Online.
eBooks
NetLibrary
Full-text ebook
database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including
reference books, other nonfiction, and fiction. Search by keyword, title, or
author.
To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and then select NetLibrary.
- For additional possibilities, click on Quick Reference from the ODU
Library homepage, then select Etexts-Literature.
Recommended Databases
Academic Search Complete
Contains peer-reviewed journal
coverage from more than 3,400 scholarly publications. Includes articles and book reviews in many academic areas of study arts &
literature. Updated daily.
Electronic
Journal Center
Presents over 4300 research journals, covering numerous subject
areas.
Literary
Reference Center
Offers information on authors and their
works from reference works, books, and literary journals. Includes plot summaries, synopses and
work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text
of literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and
contemporary short stories, classic novels; and
author interviews.
MLA
International Bibliography
Citations
only. Indexes books and articles on
modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Information about the libraries that own the
library resources is also included.
Updated 10 times per year.
Finding Periodicals
in this Library
Listed below are some
Epic & Classical Literature periodicals available in the ODU Library.
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How Do
You Find Out if a Periodical Exists in this Library?
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Use the ODU Library Catalog to
search for the title of the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find.
Choose a TITLE search and type in the title of the journal or newspaper you
desire.
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The library's journals and
magazines are located:
(1) In print in the Periodicals section on the top floor, arranged
alphabetically by title
(2) Back issues in print (usually prior to 1960) in the Back Issues Room on the
bottom floor
(3) In microfilm in cabinets behind the Periodicals section
A microfilm reader/printer (with free printing!) is also available on the top
floor.
For more information, see the ODU Library Microfilm/Reader page at:
http://www.ohiodominican.edu/library/tour/microfilm/default.asp.
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If you are looking for a
specific article in a periodical, be sure to match issue number and YEAR/MONTH of the article to the information
listed in our library catalog to make sure we have the specific issue of the
journal/magazine you need.
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A portal to Internet
search engines and directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search page.
In addition, listed
below are web sites that may be of particular use to you in your information
search.
Minimum recommended
criteria for evaluating websites:
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Accuracy of the
information
·
Authority of the
person or group responsible for the information
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When the information
was created and last updated
For more
information, view Evaluating Internet
Sources & Search Tools on the Internet
Search page.
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Web Sites—A Selection
See also these related research guides: English
Literature and Literary Analysis, Mythology/Folklore/Legend, Shakespeare
Research, and Theology.
Epic Literature Sites
Primary
Literature
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The Camelot Project at the University of
Rochester http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm
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Dante’s Divine
Comedy [27 full editions online] http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/comedy/index.html
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The Decameron Web http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml
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The Geoffrey Chaucer Website Homepage
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/
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HyperEpos: Epic on the Internet http://www.auburn.edu/~downejm/hyperepos.html
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Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/gawain.htm
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Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas
Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table (London ,1903) http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/malorybib.htm
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Piers Plowman http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/plowman.htm
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Resources for the Study of Beowulf—Editions and Translations
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html
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The Virgil Home Page http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/virgil.html
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Virgil.org—Virgil Resources [Click on
“Translations”] http://virgil.org
Secondary
& Tertiary Literature (Background information on characters, works,
authors; articles, essays, bibliographies)
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The Camelot Project at the University of
Rochester http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm
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Chaucer
MetaPage http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer
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The Decameron
Web http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml
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HyperEpos: Epic on the Internet http://www.auburn.edu/~downejm/hyperepos.html
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John Milton:
Poet, Priest, Prophet , by
John Spencer Hill http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/postprint/jhill-milt/milton.htm
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The Mythic Hero http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics/lectures/mythichero/mythichero.shtm
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Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight – Essays and Articles http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/gawain.htm
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Sir Thomas Malory
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/malory.htm
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Resources for the Study of Beowulf http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html
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The Virgil Home Page http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/virgil.html
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Virgil.org—Virgil Resources [use the
links on the left-side menu] http://virgil.org
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William Langland
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/langland.htm
Classical Literature Sites
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Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World http://www.stoa.org/diotima
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Electronic
Antiquity: Communicating the Classics http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt
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The Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
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Gilgamesh Study Guide http://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/eng251/gilgameshstudy.htm
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Greek Mythology Link
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/index.html
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Herodotus
on the Web http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/herodotus
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Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/homer.htm
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How to find Videos in the ODU Library:
From the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select ODU Library Catalog, and
search the catalog:
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By KEYWORD and limit your search to MATERIAL TYPE: Audiovisuals
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By AUTHOR or TITLE if you are
looking for a specific actor, director, or title.
Or
from the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select List of
DVDs and Videos, and browse through the listing.
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How to find Online
Videos:
From the library
homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select Digital Media Center
Databases, select DMC Databases, then scroll down until you see Digital Video
Collection and click on OhioLINK Access only. Search by keyword or browse by
subject.
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Videos—A Selection
All videos are located
in the Library’s Audiovisual (A/V) Materials collection on the top floor of
Spangler.
See also these related research guides: English
Literature and Literary Analysis, Mythology/Folklore/Legend, Shakespeare Research,
and Theology.
Epic Literature
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The Greek Epic. 883.01 G11e
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The Iliad. 883.01
I28i
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In Search of the Trojan War series:
Classical Literature
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Agamemnon. 882
A259, 1985
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The Age of Sophocles.
882 A265, 1959
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Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love. 158.2 A541, Parts 1-6.
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Antigone. 882
A629, 1987
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Antigone: An Introduction. 882 S712, 1981
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Aristotle’s Ethics, Book 1: The Theory of Happiness. 170 A716, 1984
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The Classical Age. 938 C614, 1982
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Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition. 809.8 G786,
1993
1.
Introduction and the
Literature of Ancient Greece and Jerusalem
2. The Literature of Ancient Greece and Rome
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Great Ideas: Plato’s “Apology.” 184.1 G786p, 1987
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Legends of Greece and Rome. 398.2 L511, 1985
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Heroes and Men. 883 H559, 1982
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Iphigenia. 882 I64, 1982
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The Odyssey series. 883.1 O27,
1965 3 video cassettes
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Oedipus at Colonus.
882 S712ta, 1988
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Oedipus the King. 882 O28, 1975
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Plato’s Cave. 184 P718, 1974
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Socrates. 183.2 S678, 1987
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The Trial of Socrates.
183.2 S678st, 1988
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