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All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's WorldCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR2892.O56 2002- The annotated Shakespeare byCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR2754.R67 1978- v. 1. The Comedies
- v. 2. The histories, sonnets & other poems
- v. 3. Tragedies and romances
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 748-750; v. 2, 796-798; v. 3, 908-910. 
The Oxford Companion to ShakespeareCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR2892.O94 2015ch4ck availability
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 contents list, and special feature entries on each of Shakespeare's works.
The Oxford Dictionary of the RenaissanceCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- CB361.C27 2003ch4ck availability
"This dictionary provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe. It includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period."
- OED: Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press) This link opens in a new window"The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world."
The 20-volume print set is available in the Main Library Reference -- PE1625.M7 1989.
- The Reader's Encyclopedia of ShakespeareCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR2892.C3
Shakespeare A to Z by Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR2892.B69 1990Shakespeare A-to-Z comprises almost 3,000 al phabetical entries making this volume the most comprehensive resource on Shakespeare and his world. '
Shakespeare for StudentsCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR2987.S47 1992The mountain of Shakespearean criticism is often more intimidating to students than Shakespeare's plays themselves. This volume attempts to address this problem with a single, accessible volume of criticism to the playwright's eight most popularly studied plays in secondary schools and undergraduate curriculums - Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, and The Merchant of Venice.- Who's Who in ShakespeareCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR2989.Q4
Who's Who in Shakespeare's EnglandCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- DA317.W49
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