Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback. This edition sheds light on Farquhar's work, highlighting its status as an account of army corruption and sexual intrigue, and its relevance to later literature such as Brecht's Trumpets and Drums, Keneally's The Playmaker, and Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good. Editor(s): Stern, Tiffany. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713673791
- ISBN
- 9780713673791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.37
€ 18.37
Paperback. With the resurgence (though some say it has never left) of radio, due in part to new media practices and technological innovations, not only are there more theory-related radio courses, but also those teaching the production and practice aspects. This book combines both theory and practice to lead to an understanding of radio drama form. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; CBV; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388. 224 pages, 20 bw illustrations. With the resurgence (though some say it has never left) of radio, due in part to new media practices and technological innovations, not only are there more theory-related radio courses, but also those teaching the production and practice aspects. This book combines both theory and practice to lead to an understanding of radio drama form. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APW; CBV; DSG. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 18. Weight: 386.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441147431
- ISBN
- 9781441147431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, 75 illustrations, 65 in colour. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500252246
- ISBN
- 9780500252246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.98
€ 19.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. One of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848424104
- ISBN
- 9781848424104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. This work refigures the social and cultural context within which Elizabethan drama was created. It concentrates upon the formal means by which Shakespeare's Elizabethan plays called into question the absolutist assertions of the Elizabethan state. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534831
- ISBN
- 9780226534831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.97
€ 31.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show how Moliere perceived satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591520
- ISBN
- 9780226591520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Vanbrugh's treatment of the woman's role contributes to the current and continuing interest in such social issues. The book includes a commentary and critical introduction which sets the play in its historical, social and theatrical context. Editor(s): Smith, James L. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 128 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713666656
- ISBN
- 9780713666656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.40
€ 15.99
€ 14.40
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640570
- ISBN
- 9780691640570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408123119
- ISBN
- 9781408123119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. Victor, a New York cop nearing retirement, moves among furniture in the disused attic of a house marked for demolition. Cabinets, desks, a damaged harp, an overstuffed armchair - the relics of a lost life of affluence he's finally come to sell. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189987
- ISBN
- 9780141189987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
hardcover. Addresses the political aspects of fifth-century Athenian tragedies, setting them in their immediate historical context. This book sets out to elucidate to a student and general audience how and why Athenian tragedy should be read as a political art form. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Greece and Rome Live. Num Pages: 136 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675501
- ISBN
- 9781904675501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.96
€ 188.96
paperback. Editor(s): Pavel, Thomas G. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816613755
- ISBN
- 9780816613755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. DiMaria delves into how playwrights not only brought inventive new dramaturgical methods to the genre, but also incorporated significant aspects of the morals and aesthetic preferences familiar to contemporary spectators into their works. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647121
- ISBN
- 9781442647121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.56
€ 76.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 365 color illus. BIC Classification: AGC; AKH; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219128
- ISBN
- 9780300219128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Savran, David. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559361637
- ISBN
- 9781559361637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.16
€ 19.16
Paperback. This is a concise handbook full of playwrighting experience. Spencer presents a coherent way of thinking about playwriting that addresses the important principles of structure, includes writing exercises that build upon one another, and trouble-shoots recurrent problems that playwrights face. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571199914
- ISBN
- 9780571199914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.47
€ 25.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816672950
- ISBN
- 9780816672950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474233354
- ISBN
- 9781474233354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.97
€ 25.97
Paperback. This Reader's Guide synthesises the key criticism on Pinter's work over the last half century. Andrew Wyllie and Catherine Rees examine critical approaches and reactions to the major plays from academics and the press, along themes such as Absurdism, politics and gender identity. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299641
- ISBN
- 9780230299641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.87
€ 32.99
€ 27.87
paperback. Influenced by the theories of Winnicott and Klein Jenkyns lays bear the dynamics of relationships and plots to show how they can be used to help us understand our own relationships to each other and the world around us. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSG; MMH; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415114981
- ISBN
- 9780415114981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34
Paperback. In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571242276
- ISBN
- 9780571242276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight: 166.
- Publisher
- Riverrun Pr
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714542836
- ISBN
- 9780714542836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41
Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343269
- ISBN
- 9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Embodiment brings together 40 of the most important scholars writing on the subject today. They explore representations of gender in the context of race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, and religion, and consider Shakespeare's life, contemporary editing practices, and the performance of his plays. Editor(s): Traub, Valerie. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 816 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 254 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1514.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199663408
- ISBN
- 9780199663408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.95
€ 267.95