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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. This introduction provides a concise overview of the central issues and critical responses to Shakespeare's sonnets, looking at the themes, images, and structure of his work, as well as the social and historical circumstances surrounding their creation. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405113977
ISBN
9781405113977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.29

Paperback. As the first major study of Shakespeare's Birthplace during the nineteenth century, Shakespeare's Shrine draws on extensive archival research to describe the invention of the Birthplace in the Victorian period, when the site was purchased for the nation, extensively restored, and transformed into a major tourist attraction. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; DSGS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812223378
ISBN
9780812223378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Shakespeare's habits of imitation revisit the practices of humanist pedagogy only to reveal significant contradictions at the heart of sixteenth-century masculinity. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 Illus. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223712
ISBN
9780812223712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A woman seduced and a friend betrayed; desire, deceit and disguise in the heat and dust of Andalucia. RSC Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran spent years investigating the mystery of Shakespeare's lost play. This is his story, a quest to discover and stage a missing masterpiece. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: 2AB; ANF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848422087
ISBN
9781848422087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. The true biography of Shakespeare is in the plays. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780140285925
ISBN
9780140285925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Hardback. Shakespeare was not, strictly speaking, a philosopher. That is, he did not write essays or treatises arguing philosophical positions or proposing an all-embracing philosophical scheme. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405167956
ISBN
9781405167956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.29

Paperback. Actors, musicians, Globe Education staff and internationally renowned scholars assess the impact of the extraordinary Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Editor(s): Carson, Christie; Karim-Cooper, Farah. Num Pages: 297 pages, 15 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521701662
ISBN
9780521701662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801447419
ISBN
9780801447419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340. National and Transnational Identities in the Elizabethan Age. 232 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight: 340.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477980
ISBN
9780801477980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149523
ISBN
9780691149523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350038462
ISBN
9781350038462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Amelia Bassano Lanier is proved to be a strong candidate for authorship of Shakespeare's plays: Hudson looks at the fascinating life of this woman, believed by many to be the dark lady of the sonnets, and presents the case that she may have written Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445655246
ISBN
9781445655246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.62

Paperback. What's so funny about Shakespeare's comedies? Series: All That Matters. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444189957
ISBN
9781444189957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Criticism of Shakespeare's comedies has shifted from stressing their light-hearted qualities to giving a stronger sense of their dark aspects and social resonances. This work introduces key debates under the following headings: genre, history and politics, gender and sexuality, language and performance. Editor(s): Smith, Emma. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220121
ISBN
9780631220121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137005366
ISBN
9781137005366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.63
€ 91.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415254007
ISBN
9780415254007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750961073
ISBN
9780750961073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Powerful new readings of the Shakespearean tragic hero. Editor(s): Garner, Shirley Nelson; Sprengnether, Madelon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210272
ISBN
9780253210272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

paperback. Approaching the tragedies as drama, wondering about their characters as he might have wondered about people in novels or in life, the author gives us a true sense of 'the tragedies joining up with life, with all our lives; leading us into a perspective of possibilities that stretch forward and back in time, and in our total awareness of things. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140530193
ISBN
9780140530193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duquesne Univ Pr
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704166
ISBN
9780820704166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.47
€ 63.14

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622385
ISBN
9780691622385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.73

Hardback. This study looks at the epistemological significance of maternity in early modern England. Num Pages: 320 pages, 94 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624362
ISBN
9780748624362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.13
€ 125.17

Paperback. * Second edition of this highly innovative introduction to the extraordinary phenomenon of Shakespeare. * Offers readers insights into what makes Shakespeare great, and why we still read and perform his works. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405127530
ISBN
9781405127530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.47

Paperback. This essential study takes a fresh look at The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Cymbeline and Pericles. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the contexts and key criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Shakespeare's late plays for the first time. Series: Analysing Texts. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368637
ISBN
9780230368637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.42

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