“Dramatic Monologue”

SEARCH STRATEGY

Determine your preference for adopting the persona of a well-known historical, literary or fictional character.

HISTORICAL/LITERARY FIGURE
Consult appropriate biographical materials (individual & collective biographies)
Biography Section of Stacks
Index to Wilson Author Series
Great Personalities Series
Author File

FICTIONAL CHARACTER
Consult Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
Individual Fictional Work

SEARCH TERMS

Letters
Speeches, Addresses, etc.
General Subject area with the subdivision, Addresses, Essays, etc. Example: U.S. HISTORY--ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, ETC.
Last Name of the Selected Character

VERTICAL FILE

Authors' File (Search by author's last name)

INDEXES

Index to Wilson Author Series
Serial
Great Personalities Series (Available by the AV Office)

REFERENCE BOOKS

R973.08 The Annals of America
An72
R920 The Dictionary of American Biography
Am35
R808.88 The Little Brown Book of Anecdotes
Lit
R880.3 Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
H26c
R920 Atlantic Brief Lives: Biographical Companion to the K293 Arts
R803 Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
M194
R913.38 Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature
P335

BOOKS

808.82 50 Great Scenes for Student Actors
G786
808.86 Letters To Children
C76
808.86 Treasury of the Worlds' Great Letters
Sch8
808.87 The Faber Book of Parodies
Fab
812.08 The Actors' Bk. of Contemporary State Monologues
A188
812.5 Are You an American? Great Americans Speak
Pac
812.5 Representative American Speeches 1976--
Rep
812.54 More Winning Dialogs for Young Actors
K26
812.5408 Stage Plays From the Classics
B642
812.82 One Act Plays for Acting Students
O58
820 British Literature (2 Vol. set)
Sp33b
920 Wives
B72w
920 Fifteen Saints for Girls
C814
920 Women of Courage
Tru
920 Lives of the Artists
V44a
920 Saints and Their Stories
W38
920 Many Shades of Black
W894

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

REC Dialogues in Democracy
815
Dia
REC Many Voices: Adventures in American Literature
820.8
REC Great American Speeches
815.08
GRE
REC Poems and Letters of Emily Dickinson read by Julie Harris
811

 

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