Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Hardback. Examines the protests of scandalized audience members against the first plays by such writers as Jarry, Synge, and Brecht, illuminating a multifaceted and largely overlooked aspect of modern theater history. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275980566
- ISBN
- 9780275980566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.67€ 89.48
€ 99.67
€ 89.48
Paperback. The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to the horizons of the New World, this title brings the past to life in a fresh, unexpected portrait of a dangerous and dynamic era. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSGS; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718195700
- ISBN
- 9780718195700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a theater of the mind. This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its historical context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; DSG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226853512
- ISBN
- 9780226853512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.90
€ 41.99
€ 31.90
Hardcover. For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a theater of the mind. This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its historical context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; DSG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226853505
- ISBN
- 9780226853505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53€ 87.41
€ 105.53
€ 87.41
Paperback. Is your enjoyment of Brian Friel's work hampered by a lack of Irish historical knowledge? Are you studying his plays and looking for help with interpretation? Do you teach Friel and need reliable guide to the plays? This title provides answers to these questions and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571197798
- ISBN
- 9780571197798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Features translations of "The Woman From Andros"; "The Mandrake"; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin". This work explores English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded Shakespeare's establishment of English-speaking theatrical comedy by more than a half century. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209015
- ISBN
- 9780872209015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.33
€ 26.99
€ 20.33
Hardcover. This volume of essays, arising from lectures given at the Synge Summer School, sets about the task of interpreting Synge, his relation to cultural and theatrical contexts, the significance of his plays, the quality of his language and the thematic matrices of his work. Editor(s): Grene, Nicholas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866476
- ISBN
- 9781901866476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.10
€ 20.00
€ 17.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862077300
- ISBN
- 9781862077300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.40
€ 9.99
€ 8.40
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849432412
- ISBN
- 9781849432412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.21
€ 20.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. This collection includes Dear's earlier plays as well as his masterly adaptation for television of Henry James' chilling "The Turn of the Screw", which will be screened on ITV in Spring 2000. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203932
- ISBN
- 9780571203932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.41
€ 25.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. A Graphic Guide that takes readers on a tour through the world of Will. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, B/w throughout. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 118 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848311152
- ISBN
- 9781848311152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Paperback. Illuminates modernism through little-known but striking works by Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and others who revived the 'closet drama' - plays written largely for private reading - as a means of exploring forbidden sexualities. Series: Yale Studies in English. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352. American Modernism and Queer Performance. Series: Yale Studies in English. 240 pages. Illuminates modernism through little-known but striking works by Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and others who revived the 'closet drama' - plays written largely for private reading - as a means of exploring forbidden sexualities. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300155396
- ISBN
- 9780300155396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. Stretch your students to achieve their best grade in AS/A-level English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise A Streetcar Named Desire throughout the course. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471853739
- ISBN
- 9781471853739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.83
€ 16.99
€ 16.83
Hardback. Translator(s): Rawlings, Elizabeth Trapnell. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438301
- ISBN
- 9780801438301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.30
€ 79.30
paperback. In ordinary life the Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond being a wife and mother. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. Through her reading of these texts, Loraux illuminates Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality and gender. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674902268
- ISBN
- 9780674902268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.60
€ 36.99
€ 31.60
Paperback. Explores the theater's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theater created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to "practice" the city. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267873
- ISBN
- 9780823267873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, x, 166 p. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 206 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002623
- ISBN
- 9780226701783
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Frye draws on the Aristotelian notion of reversal, or peripeteia, to analyse the three plays commonly known as the 'problem comedies': Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida, showing how they anticipate the romances of Shakespeare's final period." Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802077813
- ISBN
- 9780802077813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.02
€ 30.99
€ 28.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604336153
- ISBN
- 9781604336153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 14.99
€ 20.99
€ 14.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- boye6
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134189
- ISBN
- 9781571134189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00