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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520267
ISBN
9781487520267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.05

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

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Hardcover. Using themed performance reviews and extensive interviews with theatre professionals, this book explores how Shakespeare's 'cultural capital' has been evoked in the reinvention of a post-communist nation against a backdrop of political tensions surrounding the ascendance of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386. Political Appropriations in the Post-communist Czech Republic. Series: Performance Interventions. 224 pages, 9 black & white halftones. Using themed performance reviews and extensive interviews with theatre professionals, this book explores how Shakespeare's 'cultural capital' has been evoked in the reinvention of a post-communist nation against a backdrop of political tensions surrounding the ascendance of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 18. Weight: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203242
ISBN
9780230203242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardcover. Includes a classified, annotated, interdisciplinary bibliography in English of articles, books, chapters, theses, and dissertations concerning all aspects of Chinese drama from its shamanistic origins to 1985, as well as references both to Chinese plays in English translation and to commentary. Num Pages: 535 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSG; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
535
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810823471
ISBN
9780810823471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.12

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
€ 46.64

Hardback. The nineteen essays presented in this volume reflect the development of English Renaissance studies in France over the past fifteen years. Interests run from textual history to drama and theatre poetics, myth, and iconography. Editor(s): Willems, Michele. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135329
ISBN
9780874135329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.52

Hardcover. In New Labour's empathetic regime, how did diverse voices scrutinize its etiquettes of articulation and audibility? Using the voice as cultural evidence, Voice and New Writing explores what it means to 'have' a voice in mainstream theatre and for newly included voices to negotiate with the institutions that 'find' and 'represent' their identities. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137432322
ISBN
9781137432322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637310
ISBN
9780691637310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.93

Hardback. Unhistorical Shakespeare argues against the ideas of difference that underpin historicist studies of the past and its desires, offering, instead, the idea of homo-history to engage with issues of narcissism, anachronism, and recursiveness in conjunction with sexual desire. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSGS; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606708
ISBN
9780230606708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.56

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

€ 36.99
€ 35.48

Hardback. Covering much ground, the author brings an original approach to this playwright's drama, incorporating discussion of every play in his canon. Suitable for readers from 'A' level to postgraduates, the book introduces a variety of debates and interpretations, using previously unpublished material. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Publication date
1998
Edition
1998th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333681688
ISBN
9780333681688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.61

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

€ 225.92
€ 214.98

Hardback. Explores the legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of theTwentieth century. This book contains chapters which consider the intersecting contexts of gender, sexuality and the body in order to investigate the broader cultural, political and historical implications of representing 'woman' on the stage. Editor(s): Sihra, Melissa. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230006478
ISBN
9780230006478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardcover. Elizabethan playwrights and players not only routinely handled entrances and exits on the Shakespearean stage, but they also used them to bring about various effects. The author's findings provide means by which to recover effects and meanings that the original audience would have appreciated. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333984062
ISBN
9780333984062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.57

Hardback. Drawing upon archival material as well as the drama, popular verse and pamphlets, this book reads representations of masters and servants in relation to key Renaissance preoccupations. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333694572
ISBN
9780333694572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

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
€ 29.90

Hardcover. This book examines the socio-political and theatrical conditions that heralded the shift from the margins to the mainstream for black British Writers, through analysis of the social issues portrayed in plays by Kwame Kwei-Armah, debbie tucker green, Roy Williams, and Bola Agbaje. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237483
ISBN
9780230237483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.82

Hardback. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; AN; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403986405
ISBN
9781403986405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.71

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

€ 57.62

Paperback. "Galatea and Midas" are two of John Lyly's most engaging plays. This book presents the plays. Editor(s): Hunter, George K.; Bevington, David. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078279
ISBN
9780719078279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.88

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