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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Frye draws on the Aristotelian notion of reversal, or peripeteia, to analyse the three plays commonly known as the 'problem comedies': Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida, showing how they anticipate the romances of Shakespeare's final period." Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802077813
ISBN
9780802077813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.75

Paperback. Features the plays "Misanthrope", "Such Preposterously Precious Ladies", "Tartuffe", "A Doctor Despite Himself", "The Would-Be Gentleman", and "Those Learned Ladies". Translator(s): Wood, John C.; Coward, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447309
ISBN
9780140447309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Laskaya, Anna; Salisbury, Eve. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879288621
ISBN
9781879288621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.46

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781408113462
ISBN
9781408113462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.96

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611662
ISBN
9780691611662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639666
ISBN
9780691639666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Melchioro, Giorgio. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271123
ISBN
9781904271123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's touching fable of loss and reunion, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with directors Bill Alexander and Rachel Kavanaugh and actor Simon Callows, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and includes an illuminating introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230284111
ISBN
9780230284111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.89

Paperback. The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays, largely because of what is seen as its inherent anti-semitism. At the centre of the play is one of the most famous anti-heroes in Shakespeare: Shylock 'the Jew'. How to interpret Shylock baffles critics as they divide on whether Shakespeare is prejudiced or sympathetic. Series: Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 in Introduction. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Third Series
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903436813
ISBN
9781903436813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.10

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535859
ISBN
9780199535859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Presents a comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, in which Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia, but lacks the funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible, and Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio's flesh. Editor(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300115642
ISBN
9780300115642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.90

Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's bittersweet comedy of courtship and ethnic tension includes new interviews with leading directors and actors (Darko Tresnjak, David Thacker, Antony Sher and Henry Goodman), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and features a new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243866
ISBN
9780230243866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.34

Paperback. A Student Edition of Shelagh Stephenson's award-winning play, complete with full introduction, commentary and questions for study. Editor(s): Lewis, Steve. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413776143
ISBN
9780413776143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300065534
ISBN
9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251285
ISBN
9780823251285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.68

Tilting the English Renaissance against the present moment, examines how the interpretive experience of emotion produces social bonds Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 color illustrations, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251278
ISBN
9780823251278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.80

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
€ 31.02

Paperback. This is the first volume of two, Harold C. Goddard takes the reader on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his plays and genius. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 407 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1951
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300412
ISBN
9780226300412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. This is the second volume of two, Harold C. Goddard takes the reader on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his plays and genius. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 305 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300429
ISBN
9780226300429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559361446
ISBN
9781559361446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.57

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