Most of the books at the library are reference only. This ensures that all items are available to library users unless actively being used by another reader on the premises.
There is a small long loan collection for books that support the MA courses run by the Shakespeare Institute. All University of Birmingham students and staff can borrow books from the long loan collection.
The University of Birmingham online catalogue, FindIt@Bham, can be used to search the library’s book collection. See Searching the library for more information about the online catalogues available.
We also provide:
- e-books
- Online journals
- Periodicals
- Theses and dissertations
- Newspaper cuttings dating from 1902 to 2022
New arrivals
Newly arrived books and DVDs at the Shakespeare Institute Library are listed below. We will update the list regularly when new books arrive and have been processed.
March
- Brunner, Elizabeth. Child of the theatre. Perpetua Press, 2023.
PN 2598.B786
- Cavanagh, Sheila T. Multisensory Shakespeare and specialized communities. Bloomsbury, 2024.
PR 3091
- Gerlier, Valentin. Shakespeare and the grace of words: language, theology, metaphysics. Routledge, 2022.
PR 3011
- Giles-Watson, Maura. Performing arguments: debate in early English poetry. Brill, 2024.
PR149.D43
- Hulsmeier, Adelle. Applied Shakespeare: a transformative encounter? Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
PR 3106
- Hume, Robert D. Paratext printed with new English plays, 1660-1700. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
PR 691
- Inclusive Shakespeares: identity, pedagogy, performance. Edited by Sonya Freeman Loftis, Mardy Philippian, Justin P. Shaw. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
PR 2976
- Kiss me Kate. Directed by Michael Blakemore, film directed by Chris Hunt. Recorded in 2002.
DVD and Long Loan DVD
- Kyd, Thomas. The collected works of Thomas Kyd. Volume 1. General editor: Brian Vickers, Associate editor: Darren Freebury-Jones. D.S. Brewer, 2024.
PR 2650-2024
- Lim, Walter S.H. Shakespeare and the theater of religious conviction in early modern England. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
PR 3011
- Lyly, John. Galatea. Adapted by Emma Frankland and Subira Joy. Edited by Andy Kesson. Methuen, 2023.
PR 2659.L9
- The merchant of Venice (Critical insights). Edited by Robert C. Evans. Salem Press, 2022.
PR 2825
- Othello. Edited by Robert C. Evans. (Critical insights). Salem Press, 2021.
PR 2829
- Panek, Jennifer. Staging disgust. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
PR658.E57
- Pickett, Holly Crawford. The drama of serial conversion in early modern England. Penn State University Press, 2024.
PR 658.R4
- Race and affect in early modern English literature. Edited by Carol Mejia Laperle. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2022.
PR 428.R35
- Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Edited by Max Webster. Nick Hern Books, 2023.
PR 2823.A1-2023
- Shakespeare / space: contemporary readings in spatiality, culture and drama. Edited by Isabel Karremann. Bloomsbury, 2024.
PR 3069.S57
- Sheen, Erica. Geopolitical Shakespeare: western entanglements from internationalism to Cold War. Oxford University Press, 2024.
PR 3017
- Sparey, Victoria. Shakespeare’s adolescents: age, gender and the body in Shakespearean performance and early modern culture. Manchester University Press, 2024.
PR 2992.C4
- Teaching race in the European Renaissance: a classroom guide. Edited by Matthieu Chapman and Anna Wainwright. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2023.
CB 361
- The theatrical legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624-2024. Edited by William David Green, Anna L. Hegland, and Sam Jermy. Routledge, 2024.
PR 2717
- Wells, Marion A. Gender, affect, and emotion from classical to early modern literature: afterlives of the nightingale's song. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
PR 428.E59