Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.37
€ 121.37
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.75
€ 107.75
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.91
€ 111.91
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
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
€ 86.57
€ 86.57
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
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
€ 68.52
€ 68.52
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
€ 74.60
€ 74.60
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
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
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
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
€ 106.46
€ 106.46
Paperback. The theme of Euripides' Alcestis blends the primitive folk-tale of the self-sacrificing bride, Alcestis, and of Heracles' heroic struggles with the ogre Death, with a morality tale of "virtue rewarded", in this case twice rewarded. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682353
- ISBN
- 9780856682353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.20
€ 42.20
Paperback. Although Calderon's comedy has received rather less attention than the other genres in which he excelled, it is widely acknowledged that his comic plays are inrivalled among his contemporaries in terms of plot structure and technical expertise; they also explore contemporary issues to an extent which has not been appreciated. Translator(s): Cruickshank, Don William. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780856683664
- ISBN
- 9780856683664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.15
€ 41.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Ussher, R. G. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First published in the UK in 1990. Reprinted with
- SKU
- V9780856684609
- ISBN
- 9780856684609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.20
€ 42.20
Paperback. The Children of Heracles is a powerful and challenging tragedy of exile and supplication. Driven from their homeland by Eurystheus, king of Argos, the children of Heracles flee as fugitives throughout Greece until they are granted protection in Athens. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, text, translation and commentary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First published in the United Kingdom in 2001. Rep
- SKU
- V9780856687419
- ISBN
- 9780856687419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.62
€ 41.62
Hardcover. This volume completes the twelve-volume series The Comedies of Aristophanes , begun in 1980, and is comprised of comprehensive indexes to the preceding eleven volumes. The book is divided into three parts: I Texts and Passages, II Persons, and III General. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687501
- ISBN
- 9780856687501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.64
€ 169.64
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423399
- ISBN
- 9780857423399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.26
€ 20.99
€ 18.26
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
€ 171.02
€ 171.02
Hardback. This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 194 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119089858
- ISBN
- 9781119089858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.52
€ 106.52
Hardback. Studying Shakespeare s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to the non-Shakespearian drama of Renaissance England that can be read as complete subject overview or used as an indexed reference resource. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405132435
- ISBN
- 9781405132435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.98
€ 93.98