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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback. This new study of Shakespeare's life and times, which illuminates our understanding and appreciation of his works, combines an accessible fully historicized treatment of both the life and the plays, suited to both undergraduate and popular audiences. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658475
- ISBN
- 9780470658475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive snapshot of Shakespeare criticism, these volumes examine each of his plays and major poems using the resources of contemporary criticism from performance studies to feminist, historicist, and textual analyses. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard; Howard, Jean E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 189 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1054.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume IV
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226352
- ISBN
- 9780631226352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.35
€ 227.35
Hardcover. This volume contains original essays on every comedy from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" to "Twelfth Night" as well as 12 additional articles on such topics as the humoral body in Shakespearean comedy, Shakespeare's comedies on film, and Shakespeare's relation to other comic writers of his time. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard; Howard, Jean E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume III
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226345
- ISBN
- 9780631226345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.35
€ 227.35
Hardcover. This text on Shakespeare's histories contains essays on every history play, as well as 14 additional articles on such topics as censorship in Shakespeare's histories, the relation of Shakespeare's plays to other dramatic histories of the period and Shakespeare's histories on film. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard; Howard, Jean E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume II
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226338
- ISBN
- 9780631226338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.35
€ 227.35
Hardcover. * Contains original essays on every Shakespearean tragedy from Titus Andronicus to Coriolanus. * Includes thirteen additional essays on such topics as Shakespearea s Roman tragedies, Shakespearea s tragedies on film, Shakespearea s tragedies of love, Hamlet in performance, and tragic emotion in Shakespeare. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard; Howard, Jean E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume I
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226321
- ISBN
- 9780631226321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.35
€ 227.35
Hardcover. Theatre-Making explores modes of authorship in contemporary theatre seeking to transcend the heritage of binaries from the Twentieth century such as text-based vs. devised theatre, East vs. West, theatre vs. performance - with reference to genealogies though which these categories have been constructed in the English-speaking world. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; ANF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343108
- ISBN
- 9780230343108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. The fifth episode of the hit Dick Barton musical spy-spoof series Num Pages: 108 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General. Dimension: 130 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840024289
- ISBN
- 9781840024289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.45
€ 11.45
Tilting the English Renaissance against the present moment, examines how the interpretive experience of emotion produces social bonds Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 color illustrations, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251278
- ISBN
- 9780823251278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.80
€ 116.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251285
- ISBN
- 9780823251285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.68
€ 46.68
Paperback. Part of the Decades of Modern British Playwriting series, the volume provides a critical survey of the theatre produced in the 1980s together with detailed studies by a team of experts of the work of Howard Barker, Jim Cartwright, Sarah Daniels and Timberlake Wertenbaker. Series Editor(s): Boon, Richard; Roberts, Philip. Series: Decades of Modern British Playwriting. Num Pages: 352 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPL; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408129593
- ISBN
- 9781408129593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.10
€ 36.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Explores the threat of Christian conversion to Islam in modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger, and others. This book examines the stage's treatment of this intercourse of faiths to reveal connections between sexuality, race, and confessional identity in early modern English drama and culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402378
- ISBN
- 9781474402378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Hardcover. For many years the author has been studying the life and work of Shakespeare. In this book, he gives his thoughts freely and says what he thinks of Shakespeare. He also throws new light on many of Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326. Hardback, with dustjacket, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KRF0014130
- ISBN
- 9780715627464
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472581617
- ISBN
- 9781472581617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.81
€ 111.81
Hardback. Shaul Bassi is Associate Professor of English and Postcolonial Literature at Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy. His publications include Visions of Venice in Shakespeare, with Laura Tosi, and Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures, with Annalisa Oboe. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 242 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502858
- ISBN
- 9781137502858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.43
€ 116.43
Hardback. Shakespeare and Cognition challenges orthodox approaches to Shakespeare by using recent psychological findings about human decision-making to analyse the unique characters that populate his plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543158
- ISBN
- 9781137543158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70
€ 65.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272006
- ISBN
- 9781783272006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
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
€ 39.70
€ 39.70
Hardcover. This study traces the impact of cartography on the changing cultural meanings of space. It examines the construction of social and political space in maps, cosmography and geography, historical and political writing, and in the literary works of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and Drayton. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333779330
- ISBN
- 9780333779330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.25
€ 194.25
hardcover. Aristophanes' comedies are famous for their comic characters and earthy humour. But they are also highly topical, with many contemporary political allusions easily missed today. This book provides students with a long needed accessible and essential introductory guide to the plays, focusing particularly on information about the Athens of the day. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198721581
- ISBN
- 9780198721581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.54
€ 48.54
This work analyzes by subgenre the ways in which Restoration playwrights attempted to reinscribe feudal aristocratic ideology after the English Civil War. It demonstrates, for example, how heroic romance and romantic tragedy reaffirm the older ideology after it was tested in the fires of conflict. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121253
- ISBN
- 9780813121253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
Paperback. "Shakespeare and the question of culture" addresses the central issue of 'culture' in early modern studies through both literary history and disciplinary critique. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294397
- ISBN
- 9780312294397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. "Shakespeare and the question of culture" addresses the central issue of 'culture' in early modern studies through both literary history and disciplinary technique. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294380
- ISBN
- 9780312294380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardback. Using a variety of approaches from new historicism to performance criticism, Kehler offers a detailed, feminist study of the thirty-one widow characters of Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230617032
- ISBN
- 9780230617032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474411455
- ISBN
- 9781474411455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 103.50
€ 107.02
€ 103.50