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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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
paperback. Samuel Beckett has long been identified with the debilitated and impotent characters he created. In this book, the author offers a new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed and disturbed and shows him as a kind and generous man. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0019004
- ISBN
- 9780300074956
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An accessible student guide to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Renaissance Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 B&W. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624737
- ISBN
- 9780748624737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719064234
- ISBN
- 9780719064234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.14
€ 16.14
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409438199
- ISBN
- 9781409438199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.76
€ 112.76
Hardback. This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123242
- ISBN
- 9780231123242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.41€ 90.18
€ 118.41
€ 90.18
Hardback. "Lisa Freeman's excellent cultural analysis .. demonstrates that character is a contested site in England's attempt to negotiate a changing sociology of class, gender, and nation even as it retained fundamental forms of patriarchy."-Albion Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; AN; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812236392
- ISBN
- 9780812236392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. Series: Greenwich Exchange Student Guide Literary S. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551983
- ISBN
- 9781871551983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571242276
- ISBN
- 9780571242276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Updated edition of Coriolanus, providing detailed commentary and a substantial introduction, including a section on criticism and performances. Editor(s): Bliss, Lee. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 538. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 328 pages, 14 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bliss, Lee. Updated edition of Coriolanus, providing detailed commentary and a substantial introduction, including a section on criticism and performances. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 556.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521728744
- ISBN
- 9780521728744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.96
€ 14.96
Hardcover. This text demonstrates that the theatrum repudiated by medieval clerics was not "theatre" as we understand the term today. The author contends that critics have misrepresented Western stage history because they have assumed that theatrum designates a place where drama is performed. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSA; DSBB; DSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110301
- ISBN
- 9780226110301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.42€ 62.02
€ 73.42
€ 62.02
Hardback. Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ fine in mylar
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0001308
- ISBN
- 9780271015774
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924175
- ISBN
- 9780226924175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
€ 34.99
€ 27.93
Hardback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226924168
- ISBN
- 9780226924168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 79.17
€ 94.73
€ 79.17
Paperback. Renaissance formulations of friendship typically cast the friend as "another self" and idealized a pair of friends as "one soul in two bodies". This work puts the stress on the likeness of friends into context and offers a historical account of its place in English culture and politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226749679
- ISBN
- 9780226749679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Hardback. This collection of 12 essays uses the works of Shakespeare to show how experts in their field formulate critical positions. Editor(s): Maguire, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135269
- ISBN
- 9781405135269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.92
€ 133.92
Paperback. This engaging book draws on all of Shakespearea s plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. * Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespearea s plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229858
- ISBN
- 9780631229858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.13
€ 46.13
Paperback. This book addresses common myths and misconceptions about Shakespeare and his works offering authoritative, up-to-date and even-handed treatments of controversies and scholarly disagreements. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470658512
- ISBN
- 9780470658512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.23
€ 27.23
Paperback. Paul Green was winner of a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1927 and helped bring southern writing to the attention of the world. This volume features Green's drama and fiction, with texts of three plays and six short stories. His life is also outlined and examined by Laurence Avery. Series: Chapel Hill Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustration, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228250
- ISBN
- 9780807847084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Classical World. Num Pages: 144 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474236836
- ISBN
- 9781474236836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.68
€ 23.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472537867
- ISBN
- 9781472537867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.90
€ 42.99
€ 35.90
Hardback. Studying Shakespeare s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to the non-Shakespearian drama of Renaissance England that can be read as complete subject overview or used as an indexed reference resource. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405132435
- ISBN
- 9781405132435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.15
€ 78.15
Paperback. Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show how Moliere perceived satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591520
- ISBN
- 9780226591520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77