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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. This edition sheds light on Farquhar's work, highlighting its status as an account of army corruption and sexual intrigue, and its relevance to later literature such as Brecht's Trumpets and Drums, Keneally's The Playmaker, and Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good. Editor(s): Stern, Tiffany. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713673791
ISBN
9780713673791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.28

Paperback. This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by leading Cambridge scholar, Jean Chothia, under the guidance of the advisor to the Shaw Estate and international Shaw expert, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Chothia, Jean. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713679960
ISBN
9780713679960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Few writers have transformed literature and theater so dramatically. Based on Henry J. Schmidt's translations of The Hessian Messenger, Danton's Death, Lenz, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck. Editor(s): Smith, Matthew Wilson. Translator(s): Schmidt, Henry J. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393933512
ISBN
9780393933512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Looks at the way five of the comedies have been staged over the last 50 years, asking how gender politics affects the production of the comedies, and how gender is represented, both in the text and on stage. Series: Gender in Performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSGS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415096966
ISBN
9780415096966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. An actor's deepest desire is to be understood. But when asked to pronounce such words as 'chanson,' 'phantasime,' or 'quaestor,' many otherwise unflappable actors can be rendered speechless. This title aims to untie those tongues and help those who speak Shakespeare's language with ease. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226491158
ISBN
9780226491158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Paperback. An actor's deepest desire is to be understood. But when asked to pronounce such words as "chanson," "phantasime," or "quaestor," many otherwise unflappable actors can be rendered speechless. This book aims to untie those tongues and help anyone speak Shakespeare's language with ease. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226006314
ISBN
9780226006314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Garratt, Delia; Hamling, Tara. Num Pages: 136 pages, 50 colour illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002957
ISBN
9781474222266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Powerful new readings of the Shakespearean tragic hero. Editor(s): Garner, Shirley Nelson; Sprengnether, Madelon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210272
ISBN
9780253210272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Proposes a new way to read the emotions of the early modern stage so that contemporary readers may recover some of the historical particularity in early modern expressions of emotional self-experience. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226213828
ISBN
9780226213828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480607
ISBN
9780801480607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218329
ISBN
9780300218329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.31

Hardback. This book is new in the way it tackles the problem of imagining performances of Shakespeare as you read his plays. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623716
ISBN
9780748623716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.65
€ 97.45

Paperback. Originally published in 1930, The Wheel of Fire is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar G. Wilson Knight, in which he founded a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415253956
ISBN
9780415253956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.95

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint, Subsequent
SKU
V9780801482410
ISBN
9780801482410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Paulin, Roger. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472577184
ISBN
9781472577184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Weidauer, Friedemann J. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985195601
ISBN
9780985195601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Weidauer, Friedemann J.; Ostmeier, Dorothee. Series: Brecht Yearbook S. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971896383
ISBN
9780971896383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.56

Paperback. First Princeton papberback edition published: 1966. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624006
ISBN
9780691624006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. A Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play about adolescent sexuality. Editor(s): Newberry, Rachel; Ryland, Charlotte. Translator(s): Bond, Edward. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408140895
ISBN
9781408140895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415758963
ISBN
9780415758963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Paperback. The true biography of Shakespeare is in the plays. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780140285925
ISBN
9780140285925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Includes essay on Botticelli that traces the artist's sudden popularity in the nineteenth century for reasons that have more to do with poetry than painting. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226431758
ISBN
9780226431758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. This book seeks quite simply to share the many experiences of Shakespeare's Globe Education team of their active approach to teaching students of all ages. The book mixes some theory with lots of examples and practical ideas teachers can take and use for their own lessons. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b/w in-text photos. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408156841
ISBN
9781408156841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497686
ISBN
9780929497686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.32

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