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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country - the modern Iran - to journey to Europe in search of wisdom. This title explains the libertarian, critical spirit of the early eighteenth century. Translator(s): Betts, C. J. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AFS; BG; BJ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442816
- ISBN
- 9780140442816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.32
€ 16.99
€ 15.32
Paperback. The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem-the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPVH2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777115
- ISBN
- 9780226777115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482904
- ISBN
- 9781611482904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.42
€ 145.42
Hardcover. This study will significantly further our interpretations of the unique autobiography of Margery Kempe, lay woman turned mystic and visionary. Following the manuscript from a Carthusian monastery through history, Chappell bridges the gaps in our understanding of the transmission of texts from the medieval past to the present. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277671
- ISBN
- 9781137277671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. This study will significantly further our interpretations of the unique autobiography of Margery Kempe, lay woman turned mystic and visionary. Following the manuscript from a Carthusian monastery through history, Chappell bridges the gaps in our understanding of the transmission of texts from the medieval past to the present. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447299
- ISBN
- 9781349447299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Gossett, Suzanne. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903436851
- ISBN
- 9781903436851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.10
€ 15.10
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's touching fable of loss and reunion, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with directors Dominic Cooke, Adrian Jackson and Adrian Noble, and actor Laura Rees, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and includes an illuminating introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361904
- ISBN
- 9780230361904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.89
€ 13.89
Hardback. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADQ; 2ADS; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403967305
- ISBN
- 9781403967305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. "Performing Transversally" expands on Bryan Reynolds' controversial transversal theory in exciting ways while offering groundbreaking analyses of Shakespeare's plays--"Hamlet," "Othello," "Macbeth," "Taming of the Shrew," "Titus Andronicus," "Henry V," "The Tempest," and "Coriolanus"--and textual, filmic, and theatrical adaptations of them. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349633951
- ISBN
- 9781349633951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Hardback. This text expands on Bryan Reynolds' controversial transversal theory while offering groudbreaking analyses of Shakespeare plays - and textual, filmic and theatrical adaptations of them. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293314
- ISBN
- 9780312293314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 48.00
€ 53.36
€ 48.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997098
- ISBN
- 9781403997098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. "Performing the Body in Irish Theatre" charts a performance tradition that lives alongside a literary legacy and offers a highly original and contemporary analysis of Irish theater. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349546077
- ISBN
- 9781349546077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. This fascinating and lively volume makes the case that the Eurovision Song Contest is an arena for European identification in which both national solidarity and participation in a European identity are confirmed, and a site where cultural struggles over the meanings, frontiers and limits of Europe are enacted. Editor(s): Fricker, Karen; Gluhovic, Milija. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AV; DS; HBJD; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335596
- ISBN
- 9781349335596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.27
€ 149.27
Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139709
- ISBN
- 9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.59
€ 123.59
Paperback. Drawing on a lifetime's experience of playing Shakespearean roles, the author offers advice to actors, directors and drama students on a variety of scenes, characters, speeches and individual lines from Shakespeare's plays. He takes us through the process of Preparation, Rehearsal and Performance. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597816
- ISBN
- 9781854597816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. This book argues that the early modern public/private boundary was surprisingly dynamic and flexible in early modern literature, drawing upon authors including Shakespeare, Anne Lock, Mary Wroth, and Aphra Behn, and genres including lyric poetry, drama, prose fiction, and household orders. An epilogue discusses postmodern privacy in digital media. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282989
- ISBN
- 9781137282989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to ...
. Ed(S): Hass, Lawrence; Coppa, Francesca; Pe...
paperback. "Performing Magic on the Western Stage" examines magic as a performing art and meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality. Editor(s): Hass, Lawrence; Coppa, Francesca; Peck, James. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 253 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DS; HBJK; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374649
- ISBN
- 9781349374649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; DSK; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403967190
- ISBN
- 9781403967190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529933
- ISBN
- 9781349529933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Traces enduring connections between antiquity and dramatic performance in modern Oxford, and discusses the landmark events from the 16th century to the 1970s. This title illuminates contemporary responses to debates on such matters as the position of women students, the 'dangers' perceived to be associated with undergraduate acting, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898447
- ISBN
- 9780859898447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68
Paperback. From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London's Grand Guignol - also published by UEP - this book includes translations of a further eleven plays, adding significantly to the repertoire of Grand-Guignol plays available in the English language. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; ANH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859899963
- ISBN
- 9780859899963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.44
€ 29.99
€ 29.44
Performing Gender Violence: Plays by Contemporary American Women Drama...
. Ed(S): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noe...
hardcover. Examines violence against women in contemporary American plays by female dramatists. Editor(s): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noelia. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339958
- ISBN
- 9780230339958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.11
€ 53.36
€ 47.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Ozieblo, Barbara; Hernando-Real, Noelia. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; AN; AS; DS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349342464
- ISBN
- 9781349342464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 47.16
€ 53.36
€ 47.16
Hardback. Asking whether a genuinely shared European memory is possible while addressing the dangers of a single, homogenized European memory, Gluhovic examines the contradictions, specificities, continuities and discontinuities in the European shared and unshared pasts as represented in the works of Pinter, Tadeusz Kantor, Heiner Muller and Artur Zmijewski. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297906
- ISBN
- 9780230297906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51