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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138192775
ISBN
9781138192775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Bose, Sarika. Series: Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812110
ISBN
9781554812110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's plays lead to the deaths of an earl and a king? And why was he the one dramatist of his generation never to be imprisoned? This book helps you to understand what being Shakespeare was actually like. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015866
ISBN
9780141015866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Features a modernised text of Marlowe's play with annotation on the page, a comprehensive Introduction, and related texts, including selections from Machiavelli's "Prince", Gentillet's "Anti-Machiavel", and Bacon's "The Advancement of Learning". Editor(s): Lynch, Stephen J. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
102
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209664
ISBN
9780872209664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. "York Notes Advanced" aim to help make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They should also be of interest to the general reader, as they cover the widest range of popular literature titles. This title covers "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 147 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582772311
ISBN
9780582772311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. "The play plus a translation anyone can understand"--Cover. Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
SparkNotes
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Study Guide ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586638450
ISBN
9781586638450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Providing detailed coverage of the main political and religious issues of the age, this new edition has expanded sections on Ireland and Scotland, ensuring the text considers Britain as a whole. There is extra coverage of economic and social topics. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784383
ISBN
9780582784383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother's suffocating embrace, while Laura, her daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Edition
17th Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190266
ISBN
9780141190266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487835
ISBN
9780801487835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Brings together notes and essays of the author. This book includes are autobiographical vignettes from childhood and youth describing the gamut of human emotion, from childhood fear to adult nostalgia in the re-creation of the past. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; BG; DN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571170760
ISBN
9780571170760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Presents an account of the rise and fall of Purgatory as both a belief and a lucrative institution - as well as a capacious new reading of the power of Hamlet. This book explores the adventure narratives, ghost stories, pilgrimages, and imagery by which a belief in a grisly "prison house of souls" had been shaped and reinforced in the Middle Ages. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Expanded edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160245
ISBN
9780691160245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472528957
ISBN
9781472528957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. In John Willett's translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases Editor(s): Rorrison, Hugh. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b&w photographs of stage productions. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413577801
ISBN
9780413577801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth). Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421186
ISBN
9781421421186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.92
€ 47.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474413534
ISBN
9781474413534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.11

Paperback. A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190044
ISBN
9780141190044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484186
ISBN
9780801484186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.40

Paperback. This is one of a series of books that provide a guide to Shakespeare's plays. The prefaces include endorsements by both actors and directors. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 116 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854591111
ISBN
9781854591111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.31

Hardback. This study looks at the epistemological significance of maternity in early modern England. Num Pages: 320 pages, 94 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624362
ISBN
9780748624362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.25
€ 125.17

Paperback. The first edition of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy to be developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, this book includes unique material to help the reader understand and enjoy the play, including interviews with directors Michael Boyd, John Caird and Ron Daniels and a brand new introduction from award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217874
ISBN
9780230217874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. Plays only release their true meaning on stage. After an introduction to the historical background of Ibsen's play, the reader is conducted scene by scene through the Action of the play, followed by a discussion of the Characters, the Setting, Staging, Lighting, Costumes Props and Furniture. Series: Page to Stage. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Stg
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854598721
ISBN
9781854598721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

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. One of Shakespeare's late plays, The Winter's Tale falls into two distinct parts: the first part tragedy and the second, comedy. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. Editor(s): Pitcher, John. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 illustrations in introduction. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903436356
ISBN
9781903436356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. John Ford's tragedy, first printed in 1633, takes as its theme incest between brother and sister. This edition includes notes and an introduction which has been rewritten to take account of recent studies and approaches. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719043598
ISBN
9780719043598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

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