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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Hardcover. This book examines Field Day's cultural intervention into the Northern Irish 'Troubles' through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registers, of an ethics of translation that disrupted notions of Irish identity. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229693
- ISBN
- 9780230229693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. Attending to the dialogue between the comic events in plays by female writers of the 18th century and the plays' more predictable comic endings illuminates the philosophical, political and legal arguements about women and marrige that fascinated the playwrights and the theatre-going public. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239381
- ISBN
- 9780312239381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. The fat female body is a unique construction in American culture that has been understood in various ways during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Analyzing post-WWII stage and screen performances, Mobley argues that the fat actress's body signals myriad cultural assumptions and suggests new ways of reading the body in performance. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430663
- ISBN
- 9781137430663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. Shows how Greek tragedy uses gender relations to explore specific issues in the development of the social, political, and intellectual life in the polis. This work investigates three problematic areas in which tragic heroines act independently of men: death ritual and lamentation, marriage, and the making of significant ethical choices. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691094922
- ISBN
- 9780691094922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. A Student Edition of Brecht's series of inter-connected playlets that describes events which took place in German households under the rise of the Nazis. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes. Editor(s): Ryland, Charlotte. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408100080
- ISBN
- 9781408100080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.29
€ 16.29
paperback. Presents a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humour and tragedy. This book creates the text's varied metre and rhyme and also its diverse tones and styles - dramatic and lyrical, reflective and farcical, pathetic and coarse, colloquial and soaring. Translator(s): Greenberg, Martin. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300189698
- ISBN
- 9780300189698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.36
€ 23.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. Translator(s): Constantine, David. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449013
- ISBN
- 9780140449013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559365000
- ISBN
- 9781559365000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226577098
- ISBN
- 9780226577098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.08
€ 34.99
€ 28.08
Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 304
- SKU
- V9788323334415
- ISBN
- 9788323334415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105133
- ISBN
- 9780230105133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardback. Using Hamlet and a number of other popular and influential seventeenth-century tragedies as case-studies, this book shows how aesthetic experience can help organize the biological functions of our brains into adaptive social networks. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111684
- ISBN
- 9780230111684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Paperback. A revised edition of Peter Brook's take on Shakespeare, with a new chapter. The book addresses a number of questions about performing Shakespeare today: Why is Shakespeare not out of date? What do we mean by Shakespeare's "genius" or "creativity". Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597120
- ISBN
- 9781854597120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 275 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700613
- ISBN
- 9781501700613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686191
- ISBN
- 9780856686191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.36
€ 34.99
€ 31.36
Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. 136 pages, 1 colour book. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Cateogry: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight: 192.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521678278
- ISBN
- 9780521678278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.49
€ 17.49
Paperback. Helen who has always been faithful to her husband Menelaus; who never went to Troy, but was carried off to Egypt, where she remains throughout the Trojan War, waiting faithfully for her husband Menelaus to rescue her. Meanwhile, Helen of Troy - a mere phantom fashioned by the gods - has blighted the real Helen's life with undeserved hatred. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686511
- ISBN
- 9780856686511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.39
€ 37.39
Paperback. Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472569066
- ISBN
- 9781472569066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discussing the main themes of a play and the developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. This book explores Dionysus place in Athenian religion, and what Euripides makes of him in the play. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Company
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715634301
- ISBN
- 9780715634301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Hardback. Pedrick's fresh perspectives on both texts as well as on their relationship to each other shed new light on two foundational moments in the intellectual development of the West: Greek tragedy and Freudian psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885945
- ISBN
- 9780801885945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.99€ 60.80
€ 65.99
€ 60.80
Hardcover. Text, Notes and Preface in Latin. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 195 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145943
- ISBN
- 9780198145943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Hardback. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 343 x 283 x 26. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691166506
- ISBN
- 9780691166506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
paperback. Euripides' Alcestis is one of the dramatist's most brilliant - as well as most controversial - plays. This thoroughly annotated edition is designed to aid close reading, and to serve as an introduction to the play in its various aspects. Editor(s): Parker, L. P. E. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199254675
- ISBN
- 9780199254675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.80
€ 89.80
Paperback. Eugene O'Neill, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, is widely known for his full length plays. However, his one-act plays are the foundation of his work - both thematically and stylistically, they telescope his later plays. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining these texts and the foundational period of American drama. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y.; Carson, Benjamin D. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471772
- ISBN
- 9781137471772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.38
€ 52.90
€ 46.38