The Tempest (1611)
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The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare –by Call Number: Ref PR2892 .O94 2001ISBN: 9780198117353Publication Date: 2001-11-29
Elizabethan World Reference Library –by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781414401881Publication Date: 2006-11-30
Women in the Age of Shakespeare –by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780313343056Publication Date: 2009-12-14
All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World –by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780313092084Also in print: Ref PR2892 .O56 2002
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