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Paperback. A play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. It is suitable for students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions. Num Pages: 300 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201842
ISBN
9780520201842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Hardback. A collection of poetry and plays that presents annotated texts of both collected and uncollected work from author's middle and late writing years (1958-1988), with commentaries on each of the five books, The Opening of the Field, Roots and Branches, Bending the Bow, and the two volumes of Ground Work. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 928 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
750
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259294
ISBN
9780520259294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Paperback. Features a collection of the author's work for the theatre - "St Oscar", "The White", the Gold and the Gangrene", "Disappearances", and "God's Locusts". Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204534
ISBN
9780631204534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.11

Hardback. Captures the variety and richness of Restoration Drama. This title provides annotated and modernized texts of the following plays: "Tuke, The Adventures of Five Hours" (1662), "Howard, The Duke of Lerma" (1668), "Dryden, The Conquest of Granada" (1670), "Buckingman, The Rehearsal" (1671), and "Wycherley, The Country Wife" (1675). Editor(s): Womersley, David. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 840 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 182 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631209027
ISBN
9780631209027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.92

Hardback. This anthology of drama in English contains plays from the late 14th century to the onset of the Renaissance. It brings together selections from all the major dramatic genres to provide readers with a sense of the breadth and depth of dramatic activity in Britain in these years. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 648 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217268
ISBN
9780631217268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.32

Paperback. Provides a flavour on the bawdy and satirical comedies performed in the sophisticated theatres of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234722
ISBN
9780631234722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.02

Paperback. The festival of the Panathenaia, held in Athens to celebrate the birthday of the city's goddess, was the setting for the Homeric "Iliad" and "Odyssey" by professional reciters or "rhapsodes". This text examines the testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these performances. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009639
ISBN
9780674009639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Hardback. In Four Cries of a Gibbon by the late-Ming dynasty playwright Xu Wei, characters move between life and death, and male and female, as they seek to articulate who they truly are. In this first critical study and annotated translation, Kwa considers how Wei's exploration of identity paved the way for further reflection in later fiction and drama. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066854
ISBN
9780674066854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand Dante's great masterpiece. This book is illustrated with maps of Italy and the region Dante knew especially, diagrams of the circles of Hell, and plates. Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018959
ISBN
9780691018959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.06

Hardback. Poetry in its many guises is at the center of Coleridge's multifarious interests. This edition of his poetical works marks the pinnacle of the Bollingen Collected Coleridge. Setting standards of comprehensiveness in the presentation of Romantic texts, it is useful for historians and editorial theorists, as well as readers and students of poetry. Editor(s): Mays, J. C. C.; Crick, Joyce. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 1696 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 100. Weight in Grams: 2264.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
1680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691098838
ISBN
9780691098838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 386.22
€ 294.35

Hardback. Hugo von Hofmannsthal is one of the modern era's important writers, but his fame as Richard Strauss' collaborator on such operas as "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Die Frau ohne Schatten" has obscured his other remarkable writings. This title is an introduction to the enormous range of this artist. It is a collection of his writings in English. Editor(s): McClatchy, J. D. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129099
ISBN
9780691129099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.48

Hardback. Editor(s): Kiely, Declan. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 688 pages, 194. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441042
ISBN
9780801441042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.32

Hardback. Editor(s): Curtis, Jared. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 640 pages, 267. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1199.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801447037
ISBN
9780801447037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.99

Paperback. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478710
ISBN
9780801478710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Chesney used Helen Thom's definitive biography, Johns Hopkins: A Silhouette, as a source and wrote the play to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Num Pages: 87 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894329
ISBN
9780801894329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Euripides is, of the three great Attic tragedians, perhaps the most contemporary in sensibility. This volume contains four of his plays, largely about women, in translations that reveal the complexities of these strong figures--even the towering, murderous Medea can be seen in a sympathetic light. Continues the Penn Greek Drama Series. Editor(s): Slavitt, David; Bovie, Palmer. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216264
ISBN
9780812216264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Series: Emergent Literatures S. Num Pages: 181 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816616923
ISBN
9780816616923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Sprinchorn, Evert. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JH; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679744
ISBN
9780816679744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Fusing Marxist and capitalist perspectives in a manner that anticipates aspects of the current global market expansion, the author evokes a world in which nothing is private and everything is for sale. Translator(s): Rolleston, James; Evers, Kai. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326908
ISBN
9780822326908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Brings together contemporary plays written by artists of Korean descent living in the Americas Editor(s): Lee, Esther Kim. Num Pages: 360 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. 624 pages, 13 photographs. Editor(s): Lee, Esther Kim. Brings together contemporary plays written by artists of Korean descent living in the Americas. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352747
ISBN
9780822352747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Fuente Ovejuna (C.1613) is the most famous and frequently performed play by the creator of Spanish theatre, Lope de Vega (1562-1635). Astonishingly for its period, it celebrates the murder in 1476 of a nobleman, the Grand Commander of the Military Order of Calatrava, by the peasants he had oppressed, and their subsequent solidarity under torture. Translator(s): Dixon, Victor. Num Pages: 232 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856683282
ISBN
9780856683282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686191
ISBN
9780856686191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.01

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686535
ISBN
9780856686535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages, references, commentary, notes, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687396
ISBN
9780856687396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

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