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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Paperback. Examines the ways in which Shakespeare used the law for dramatic effect and incorporated the passion for justice into his great tragedies and comedies, and considers the modern legal relevance of his work. This is a study in the field of literature and the law. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803278219
- ISBN
- 9780803278219
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
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
€ 51.99
€ 46.64
Hardback. This analysis of five exemplary domestic plays offers a new approach to the emerging ideology of the private and public, or what Ann C. Christensen terms "the tragedy of the separate spheres". Separation Scenes exposes the intimate and disruptive relationships between the domestic culture and business culture of early modern England. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 318 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803290655
- ISBN
- 9780803290655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. This is a full-length study of Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), generally recognized as the greatest playwright of Japan's classical Noh theatre. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726771
- ISBN
- 9780804726771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Revealing the series of closet dramas written by Byron and Shelley to be deeply embedded in contemporary radical culture, the author explains why the dramas were written and why they invoke and apparently oppose textual and theatrical versions of themselves. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730952
- ISBN
- 9780804730952
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Condition: New
€ 103.55
€ 103.55
Hardback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736459
- ISBN
- 9780804736459
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Condition: New
€ 133.66
€ 133.66
Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750325
- ISBN
- 9780804750325
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Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardback. This volume assembles for the first time writings from the past two hundred years by philosophers engaging the dramatic work of William Shakespeare. Editor(s): Kottman, Paul A. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759199
- ISBN
- 9780804759199
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Condition: New
€ 122.03
€ 122.03
Paperback. As the first major study of Shakespeare's Birthplace during the nineteenth century, Shakespeare's Shrine draws on extensive archival research to describe the invention of the Birthplace in the Victorian period, when the site was purchased for the nation, extensively restored, and transformed into a major tourist attraction. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; DSGS; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812223378
- ISBN
- 9780812223378
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
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
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. With annotated footnotes, this work explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. It also includes an introduction that provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. Num Pages: 147 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814747933
- ISBN
- 9780814747933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821410363
- ISBN
- 9780821410363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 661. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821411407
- ISBN
- 9780821411407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. The author critiques the methodology and assumptions of many new historicist, Marxist, and deconstructive approaches to early modern literary works, using King Lear as the focus of her argument, and offering a theoretical framework of her own. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320388
- ISBN
- 9780822320388
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. This volume examines Asian staging of Western canonical theatre, particularly Shakespeare's plays, arguing that intercultural performance questions the settled assumptions we bring to our interpretations of familiar texts. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327639
- ISBN
- 9780822327639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.87
€ 31.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. Discusses embarrassment not merely as a condition but as a weapon and as the wound the weapon inflicts Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823241958
- ISBN
- 9780823241958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Hardback. A rigorous and exuberant exploration of language Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242047
- ISBN
- 9780823242047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardback. Translator(s): Rubens, Andrew; Schwartz, Ros. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423399
- ISBN
- 9780857423399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.45
€ 21.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. Traces enduring connections between antiquity and dramatic performance in modern Oxford, and discusses the landmark events from the 16th century to the 1970s. This title illuminates contemporary responses to debates on such matters as the position of women students, the 'dangers' perceived to be associated with undergraduate acting, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898447
- ISBN
- 9780859898447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68