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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Plays only release their true meaning on stage. After an introduction to the historical background of Ibsen's play, the reader is conducted scene by scene through the Action of the play, followed by a discussion of the Characters, the Setting, Staging, Lighting, Costumes Props and Furniture. Series: Page to Stage. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Stg
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854598721
ISBN
9781854598721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784352
ISBN
9780582784352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognised as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230223622
ISBN
9780230223622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.32
€ 58.29

paperback. Beautifully illustrated, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 line drawings, 75 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415912136
ISBN
9780415912136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. This new collection of essays explores the synamic responses to Shakespeare by Irish writers, in both English and Irish, since the early twentieth century.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359393
ISBN
9781906359393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. Uncovers the hidden influence of Shakespeare in our culture, including these tidbits: Shakespeare coined over 1,700 words, including hobnob, glow, lackluster, and dawn; Paul Robeson's 1943 performance as "Othello on Broadway" was a seminal moment in black history; and, more. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061965548
ISBN
9780061965548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559365420
ISBN
9781559365420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.92

Hardback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736459
ISBN
9780804736459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.85

Paperback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736466
ISBN
9780804736466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSGS; GLMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411873
ISBN
9781421411873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.74

Hardcover. Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes-of claims for the absolute authority of scripture, monarch, and God, and the authority of fathers over wives and children, the old over the young, and the gentle over the baseborn. Greenblatt shows that Shakespeare was averse to such absolutes and constantly probed the possibility of freedom from them. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 164 pages, 4 colour plates, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306667
ISBN
9780226306667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes - the absolute authority claimed for God over the world, for the holy scriptures over the faithful, monarchs over subjects, fathers over wives and children, men over women. This book shows that Shakespeare was averse to such absolute claims and constantly probed the possibility of freedom from them. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 164 pages, 4 colour plates, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. 164 pages, 4 colour plates, 10 halftones. Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes - the absolute authority claimed for God over the world, for the holy scriptures over the faithful, monarchs over subjects, fathers over wives and children, men over women. This book shows that Shakespeare was averse to such absolute claims and constantly probed the possibility of freedom from them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 148 x 216 x 10. Weight: 202.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306674
ISBN
9780226306674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Shakespeare was a man of his time, constantly engaging with his audience's deepest desires and fears. In this book, by reconnecting with this historic reality we are able to experience the true character of the playwright himself. It traces Shakespeare's unfolding imaginative generosity. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 312 x 36. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847924520
ISBN
9781847924520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Presents an account of the rise and fall of Purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution - as well as a capacious new reading of the power of Hamlet. This book explores the adventure narratives, ghost stories, pilgrimages, and imagery by which a belief in a grisly "prison house of souls" had been shaped and reinforced in the Middle Ages. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Expanded edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160245
ISBN
9780691160245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Hardcover. Analysis of Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet Samuel Beckett 1929-1969. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632542
ISBN
9780815632542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780679746997
ISBN
9780679746997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.00

hardcover. Focusing on the UK and US, the author offers a critique of the cultural stereotyping and political conservatism that have pursued the playwrights in translation. She shows how the choices made by the translators and stagers of Fo and Rame's political theatre reveal attitudes toward foreign cultures and theatre generally and Italy in particular. Series: Warwick Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 146 pages, Includes 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780754654018
ISBN
9780754654018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.01

Hardcover. Great Shakespeare Actors provides a series of well-informed, well-written, illuminating, and entertaining accounts of many of the most famous stage performers of Shakespeare in both England and America, offering a concise, actor-centred history of Shakespeare on the stage. Num Pages: 314 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198703297
ISBN
9780198703297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.31

Hardcover. This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Its chapters are divided into themed sections, on Shakespearian influences, particular works, theatre, and text. Editor(s): Edmondson, Paul. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 43. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198786542
ISBN
9780198786542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.51

Paperback. In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world's greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how and why he continues to be so influential and important to society today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718628
ISBN
9780198718628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

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