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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135886
ISBN
9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.17

Paperback. Professor Kirsch presents an original interpretations of Shakespeare's five plays using theological and psychoanalytical ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521134910
ISBN
9780521134910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.95

Hardcover. John Payne Collier, one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer, he was also the creator of a great body of forgeries and false evidence, seriously affecting the work of Shakespeare and many others. Series: The Elizabethan Club Series. Num Pages: 1536 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 175 x 102. Weight in Grams: 2646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
1536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300096613
ISBN
9780300096613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 280.42

Paperback. A guide to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. It offers a comprehensive overview of the material conditions of England's most important dramatic period. It looks at the drama in terms of its cultural agency, its collaborative nature, and its ideological complexity. Editor(s): Kinney, Arthur F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121798
ISBN
9781405121798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

Paperback. In this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater. * Introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater. * Focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631224693
ISBN
9780631224693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.22

Hardback. Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. He focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing in order to show how they both inspired and restricted Shakespeare's art. A core of 22 plays is considered in total. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631224686
ISBN
9780631224686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.72

paperback. Num Pages: 97 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
97
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551563
ISBN
9781871551563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.39

Hardcover. Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. This title proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: "Faust". Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571133441
ISBN
9781571133441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.05

Paperback. George Whalley's English translation of the Poetics breathes new life into the study of Aristotle's aesthetics by allowing the English-speaking student to experience the dynamic quality characteristic of Aristotle's arguments in the original Greek. Translator(s): Whalley, George. Num Pages: 224 pages, Edited by John Baxter and J.P. Atherton. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773516120
ISBN
9780773516120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.74

Paperback. This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works-featuring Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), and Frogs-combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. Editor(s): Halliwell, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780192824097
ISBN
9780192824097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.25

Hardcover. This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes , begun in 1980, and is comprised of comprehensive indexes to the preceding eleven volumes. The book is divided into three parts: I Texts and Passages, II Persons, and III General. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687501
ISBN
9780856687501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.97

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687518
ISBN
9780856687518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685590
ISBN
9780856685590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.97

Hardcover. Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of "Birds" create a utopian counter-Athens. In "Lysistrata" wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in "Women at the Thesmophoria" punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 119 x 33. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995871
ISBN
9780674995871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.31

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585103089
ISBN
9781585103089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. This volume examines Asian staging of Western canonical theatre, particularly Shakespeare's plays, arguing that intercultural performance questions the settled assumptions we bring to our interpretations of familiar texts. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327639
ISBN
9780822327639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Hardback. Antony Sher's account - richly supplemented by his own paintings and sketches - of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's best-known and most popular characters. As heard on BBC Radio 4. From the author of the acclaimed Year of the King. Num Pages: 208 pages, Contains both colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424616
ISBN
9781848424616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.39

Hardback. A Companion to Terence is a useful research tool for the growing number of scholars, students and critics of Terence and Roman comedy. Editor(s): Augoustakis, Antony; Traill, Ariana. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 566 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
566
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405198752
ISBN
9781405198752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.06

Paperback. The play tells the story of three sisters and their brother who live in a provincial Russian town. Michael Frayn has successfully recreated the naturalness of the original text in this translation and included are notes, commentary and questions for students. Translator(s): Frayn, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413771407
ISBN
9780413771407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.59

Paperback. A masterpiece of Russian drama, now in a student edition Translator(s): Frayn, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413774712
ISBN
9780413774712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.90

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