Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The Oxford companion to Shakespeare /

The Oxford companion to Shakespeare / general editor, Michael Dobson ; associate general editor, Stanley Wells. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. - xxix, 541 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-539).

Machine generated contents note: Preface vii -- Acknowledgements viii -- Contributors ix -- Thematic listing of entries xi -- List of plays xxviii -- Note to the reader xxix -- THE OXFORD COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE-- The British Isles and France in the English Histories and Macbeth 530 -- The royal family in Shakespeare's English Histories 532 -- Shakespeare's life, works, and reception: a partial chronology 533 -- Further reading 537 -- Picture acknowledgements.

"A truly fun, accessible, and contextually rich companion to the vast world and work of Shakespeare. Spanning the historical and contemporary, and the literary and dramatic, this authoritative and illustrative 3,000-entry compendium is well constructed, solidly cross-referenced, and above all, delightful and interesting reading."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2002.



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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Encyclopedias.

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