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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback. A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemporary postcolonial cultures. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 7 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1HF; 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010803
- ISBN
- 9781847010803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.88
€ 26.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. This introductory guide to one of Jonson's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading. Series: Shakespeare Handbooks. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379801
- ISBN
- 9781137379801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.61
€ 32.61
Features a modernised text of Marlowe's play with annotation on the page, a comprehensive introduction, and related texts, including selections from Machiavelli's "Prince", Gentillet's "Anti-Machiavel", and Bacon's "The Advancement of Learning". Editor(s): Lynch, Stephen J. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209671
- ISBN
- 9780872209671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.06
€ 41.99
€ 30.06
Paperback. Balancing humour, insight and vitriol, Is Shakespeare Dead? is a provocative contribution to the tradition of Shakespeare-doubting, as well as a fine example of the great American novelist's critical writing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847495990
- ISBN
- 9781847495990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Francis Bacon; the Earl of Oxford, Edward De Vere; and Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke: all of them have been put forward as the real author of the plays. But why would they hide behind an anonymous actor? Who was the real Bard of Stratford? This title introduces us to the main candidates and their respective claims. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848422698
- ISBN
- 9781848422698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.58
€ 17.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. The Canwell Committee made a frontal assault on unsanctioned political thought and activism. This play brings to life personal and political dramas of many participants central to these events. It blends dialogue drawn verbatim from transcripts, newspaper quotes, and personal interviews with scenes of fictional conjecture. Num Pages: 186 pages, 4 photos. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295979397
- ISBN
- 9780295979397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Rawlinson, Mark. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472529893
- ISBN
- 9781472529893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.10
€ 42.99
€ 36.10
Hardback. A rigorous and exuberant exploration of language Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242047
- ISBN
- 9780823242047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.15
€ 103.15
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309699
- ISBN
- 9780226309699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.84€ 48.88
€ 56.84
€ 48.88
paperback. Influenced by the theories of Winnicott and Klein Jenkyns lays bear the dynamics of relationships and plots to show how they can be used to help us understand our own relationships to each other and the world around us. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSG; MMH; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415114981
- ISBN
- 9780415114981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.57
€ 57.57
Paperback. Shakespeare's plays continue to be circulated on a massive scale in a variety of guises - as editions, performances, and adaptations - and it is by means of such mediation that we come to know his drama. This title addresses fundamental questions about this process of mediation, making use of the fraught category of adaptation. Num Pages: 232 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415308687
- ISBN
- 9780415308687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.23
€ 51.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487520267
- ISBN
- 9781487520267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Hardback. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474418973
- ISBN
- 9781474418973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.57€ 102.41
€ 106.57
€ 102.41
Paperback. The eternal Don Juan, the creation more than 350 years ago of a monk and dramatist known as Tirso de Molina, has appeared on the boards as a thinker and fool, hero and villain, but never as anything less than a great lover. This book presents different aspects of the Don's progress through a half-dozen countries, epochs, and intellectual climates. Editor(s): Mandel, Oscar. Num Pages: 731 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 3J; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 993.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 731
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803281370
- ISBN
- 9780803281370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.50
€ 51.99
€ 46.50
Paperback. Puts the most exciting queer theorists in conversation with the complete works of William Shakespeare Editor(s): Menon, Madhavi. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 512 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348450
- ISBN
- 9780822348450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.16
€ 35.99
€ 33.16
Hardback. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. Num Pages: 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight: 1176.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 588
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748635238
- ISBN
- 9780748635238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.99€ 213.58
€ 224.99
€ 213.58
Paperback. Twenty-one essays provide lively and authoritative approaches to the literary, historical, cultural and performative aspects of Shakespeare works. Editor(s): Grazia, Margreta de (University of Pennsylvania); Wells, Stanley W. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 379 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 380 pages, 19 b/w illus. Editor(s): Grazia, Margreta de (University of Pennsylvania); Wells, Stanley W. Twenty-one essays provide lively and authoritative approaches to the literary, historical, cultural and performative aspects of Shakespeare works. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 554.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521713931
- ISBN
- 9780521713931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.25
€ 37.25
Paperback. Shakespeare's habits of imitation revisit the practices of humanist pedagogy only to reveal significant contradictions at the heart of sixteenth-century masculinity. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 Illus. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223712
- ISBN
- 9780812223712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Considers how Shakespeare has been adapted on film, TV, and video. Addressing the interplay between the discourses of Shakespeare criticism, film studies, performance studies and cultural studies, the text considers a range of questions about spectatorship, originality and popular culture. Editor(s): Boose, Lynda E.; Burt, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; APFA; DSGS; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415165853
- ISBN
- 9780415165853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.86
€ 56.86
Hardcover. This wide-ranging Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama offers challenging analyses of a range of plays in their political contexts. It explores the cultural, social, economic and institutional agendas that readers need to engage with in order to appreciate modern theatre in all its complexity. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Mary. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122283
- ISBN
- 9781405122283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.88
€ 194.88
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624655
- ISBN
- 9780691624655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.84€ 45.08
€ 56.84
€ 45.08
Paperback. This work refigures the social and cultural context within which Elizabethan drama was created. It concentrates upon the formal means by which Shakespeare's Elizabethan plays called into question the absolutist assertions of the Elizabethan state. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534831
- ISBN
- 9780226534831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118281529
- ISBN
- 9781118281529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.00
€ 36.00
Hardback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207849
- ISBN
- 9780631207849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.62
€ 105.62