Hamlet Study Guide

Author of ClassicNote and Sources

John Untermacher, author of ClassicNote. Completed on November 06, 2008, copyright held by GradeSaver.

Updated and revised by W.C. Miller August 30, 2009. Copyright held by GradeSaver.

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William Shakespeare, ed. A.R. Braunmuller. Hamlet (The Pelican Shakespeare). New York: Pelican, 2001.

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