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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. In Worldly Shakespeare Richard Wilson proposes that the universalism proclaimed in the name of Shakespeare's playhouse was tempered by his own worldliness, the performative idea that runs through his plays, that if 'All the world's a stage: then 'all the men and women in it' are 'merely players'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474411349
ISBN
9781474411349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Hardback. This book aims to increase the pleasure of studying Shakespeare, working with the plays as the craftsman-dramatist himself worked by concentrating on poetic detail and dramatic moments. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389210092
ISBN
9780389210092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.98

Hardcover. In the first part of this book, Adam Max Cohen embraces the many meanings of wonder in order to challenge the generic divides between comedy, tragedy, history, and romance and suggests that Shakespeare's primary goal in crafting each of his playworlds was the evocation of one or more varieties of wonder. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230105416
ISBN
9780230105416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. Women are at the center of American theatre and have the potential to shape the cultural imagination of theatre-goers as a complex new era unfolds. Sarah Ruhl, one of the twenty-first century's most honored playwrights, is read in concert with her contemporaries whose writing also wrestles with the vexing issues facing Americans in the new century. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137287106
ISBN
9781137287106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 46.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AN; DSBF; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403943323
ISBN
9781403943323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

paperback. Editor(s): Soufas, Teresa Scott. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Book Services Inc United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780813108896
ISBN
9780813108896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Hardback. Explores the legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of theTwentieth century. This book contains chapters which consider the intersecting contexts of gender, sexuality and the body in order to investigate the broader cultural, political and historical implications of representing 'woman' on the stage. Editor(s): Sihra, Melissa. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230006478
ISBN
9780230006478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Paperback. Featuring original essays by leading scholars, this book, now available in paperback for the first time, explores the immense legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of the twentieth century and engages with representations of women by a selection of male playwrights to re-evaluate familiar traditions. Editor(s): Sihra, Melissa. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577916
ISBN
9780230577916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardcover. Filling a critical void, this book examines French women dramatists of the nineteenth-century who staged works prior to the lifting of censorship laws in 1864. Though none staged overtly feminist drama, Sophie de Bawr, Sophie Gay, Virginie Ancelot, and Delphine Girardin questioned patriarchal dominance and reconstructed ideals of womanhood. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456717
ISBN
9781137456717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. This unique edition brings together four plays concerned with 'domestic' themes: Arden of Faversham, Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness and The English Traveller, and Dekker, Rowley and Ford's The Witch of Edmonton. Texts are in modern spelling, accompanied by a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation and bibliography. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192829504
ISBN
9780192829504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Tackles the question of whether narrative and drama are as different from each other as some scholars assume. By examining everything from voice and tense to "scene and summary," Kathleen George, a theater professor and novelist, analyzes the choices a writer has when framing a story. She examines the problems of adaptation from novel to stage. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139167
ISBN
9780874139167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.28

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651514
ISBN
9780691651514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.38

Paperback. Suitable for those beginning detailed study of "Twelfth Night". Editor(s): Massai, Sonia. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415303330
ISBN
9780415303330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.62

Paperback. This volume is a broad-ranging guide to Othello, providing an introduction to the contexts of the play, the range of critical responses to the play and the play in performance. Editor(s): Hadfield, Andrew. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, 8 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415227346
ISBN
9780415227346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. With a remarkable breadth of coverage and a focused, user-friendly approach, this Routledge Literary Sourcebook is the essential guide for any student of King Lear. Series: Routledge Literary Sourcebooks S. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415234726
ISBN
9780415234726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's remarkable play offers: introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text; annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself; and cross-references between documents and sections of the guide. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415314336
ISBN
9780415314336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. This guide focuses on Shakespeare's "King Lear", it includes a linking narrative which puts the critical extracts in context, highlights the important concepts, explains shifts in critical thinking, and looks to the writer's place in the canon. It is part of a series designed for students. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1997th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874166719
ISBN
9781874166719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Paperback. * Popular, mainstream but academically rigorous biography of the millennium's most celebrated writer. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, Col/B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349112404
ISBN
9780349112404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world's greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how and why he continues to be so influential and important to society today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718628
ISBN
9780198718628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. All the roles in Shakespeare's plays were acted by men, yet he wrote strong roles for women from Lady Macbeth to Rosalind. So was Shakespeare a feminist before his time? This study examines how these and other issues have maintained the playwright's influence throughout history. Series: Macmillan Literary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333665480
ISBN
9780333665480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. For historians William Shakespeare is both a curse and a blessing: a curse because he immortalized Tudor spin on fifteenth-century civil wars that helped justify their occupation of the throne; a blessing because without Shakespeare's 8-play history cycle, hardly anyone beyond specialists in the history of the period would know of their existence. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554159
ISBN
9781781554159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311417
ISBN
9780746311417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.38

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311400
ISBN
9780746311400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Paperback. William Shakespeare in 100 Facts guides us through the lesser-known stories surrounding the 'Sweet Swan of Avon' Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445656243
ISBN
9781445656243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.88

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