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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. When Bernarda's husband dies, she locks all the doors and windows. She tells her grown-up daughters to sew and be silent. There are eight years of mourning ahead of us. While it lasts not even the wind will get into this house. Translator(s): Clifford, Jo. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421813
ISBN
9781848421813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.45

Paperback. Blood Wedding is set in a village community in Lorca's Andalusia, and tells the story of a couple drawn irresistibly together in the face of an arranged marriage. This edition includes a full commmenatry and notes. Translator(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Student ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713685169
ISBN
9780713685169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. Bodas de sangre is arguably the best-known work by the most celebrated of all twentieth-century Spanish writers. A passionate story of family feud and tragic elopement is played out in the setting of a poor country village, building up to a dramatic ending full of the intensely poetic symbolism characteristic of Lorca. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 96 pages, notes, vocabulary, music, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719007644
ISBN
9780719007644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.10

Paperback. Follows a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime. Editor(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Translator(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713683264
ISBN
9780713683264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Lorca's tragic tale of the destruction of Bernarda Alba's family following the death of her husband. This Student Edition includes a commentary, chronology, notes and bibliography. Editor(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Translator(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Student Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713686777
ISBN
9780713686777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.29

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
€ 28.55

Hardback. Based on the author's teaching methods and experience, Poetics of the Creative Process examines and analyzes the creative process of playwriting. It attempts to concretize the playwright's creative experience from the gestation of a dramatic idea to its expression as a theatrical performance. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761830047
ISBN
9780761830047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.17

Hardcover. The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZP; AVGH; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219984
ISBN
9780230219984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

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
€ 25.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1820
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292138152
ISBN
9781292138152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.98

Paperback. This fully annotated version makes available on one of the most popular and influential plays by Beaumont and Fletcher, young contemporaries of Shakespeare. In discussing sources and stage history, the critical introduction challenges the common modern devaluation of these playwrights and offers a fresh, historically informed interpretation. Editor(s): Bliss, Lee. Series Editor(s): Bevington, David; Dutton, Richard; Findlay, Alison; Ostovich, Dr. Helen. Series: Revels Plays. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080425
ISBN
9780719080425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.97

Paperback. The description for this book, The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622316
ISBN
9780691622316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649108
ISBN
9780691649108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.61

Hardback. The essays in this work deal with the nature of performance criticism, performance history, state and screen productions of Shakespeare and the physical playhouse. Contributors include: John Russell Brown, James Bulman, Ralph Berry, Herbert Coursen, Jay Halio, James Lusardi, June Schlueter, Harry Keyishian, Alan Dessen and Pauline Kiernan. Editor(s): Occhiogrosso, Frank. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137767
ISBN
9780874137767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.95

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

€ 21.99
€ 18.50

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. 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

€ 71.95

Hardcover. This book is a post-1989 interpretation of The Tempest that reaches new conclusions about how to teach about the play's setting, Caliban, and its New World-utopian politics. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137021793
ISBN
9781137021793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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

€ 16.29

Hardback. This title is a study of Samuel Beckett's affinity with the British 18th century and of the influence of such writers as Swift, Pope, Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, and Johnson on his work. It demonstrates how Becket was not only influenced by them but how he interprets them for us in a quite modern way. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333925393
ISBN
9780333925393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.54

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