The Oxford companion to Shakespeare / general editors, Michael Dobson, Stanley Wells, CBE, FRSL.

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"'The Oxford companion to Shakespeare' is the most comprehensive reference work available on Shakespeare's life, times, works, and his 400-year global legacy. In addition to the authoritative A-Z entries, it includes nearly 100 illustrations, a chronology, a guide to further reading, a thematic cont...

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Other Authors: Dobson, Michael, 1960- (Editor)
Wells, Stanley, 1930- (Editor)
Sharpe, Will (Editor)
Sullivan, Erin (Cultural historian) (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:Second edition /
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Encyclopedias.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Encyclopedias.
Genre:
Encyclopedias.
Physical Description:xxix, 574 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Thematic listing of entries
  • List of plays in alphabetical order
  • Note to the reader
  • The Oxford companion to Shakespeare
  • The British Isles and France in the English histories and Macbeth
  • The royal family on Shakespeare's English histories
  • Shakespeare's life, works, and reception : a partial chronology, 1564-2015.