Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Hardcover. Essays in English by French, Irish and German academics, which explore the relevance and interest of the tragic theatre today of the French dramatist, Jean Racine (1639-99). Editor(s): Caldicott, Edric; Conroy, Derval. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621564
- ISBN
- 9781900621564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.08€ 47.07
€ 50.08
€ 47.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816660841
- ISBN
- 9780816660841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Lockert, Lacy. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691626567
- ISBN
- 9780691626567
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Condition: New
€ 56.56€ 55.01
€ 56.56
€ 55.01
Hardcover. Focusing on dramatic works by contemporary British and American playwrights, in conjunction with feminist political and theoretical texts, this book discusses feminist constructions of the category "Woman". Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210186
- ISBN
- 9781902210186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.97
€ 52.99
€ 52.97
Paperback. Focusing on dramatic works by contemporary British and American playwrights, in conjunction with feminist political and theoretical texts, this book discusses feminist constructions of the category "Woman". Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210193
- ISBN
- 9781902210193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.84
€ 40.99
€ 35.84
Hardback. This entertaining collection gathers together William Shakespeare's wisest and wittiest quotations. Quotable Shakespeare proves that brevity is the soul of wit and is sure to delight all lovers of the Bard's uniquely perceptive and influential works. Series: Quotable. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849535847
- ISBN
- 9781849535847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.35
€ 9.99
€ 8.35
Paperback. Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Conolly, Leonard. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 208 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Conolly, Leonard. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 208 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small nick to cover. Lightly foxed, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0002422
- ISBN
- 9780713679977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.12
€ 12.12
Hardback. Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others-and reflecting upon subjects ranging from social attitudes towards racial difference and adultery to the politics of mercantilism and the hierarchy of master/servant relationships-the book reenergizes the discussion of Renaissance drama and history. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113328
- ISBN
- 9780231113328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.84€ 89.70
€ 117.84
€ 89.70
Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788788073133
- ISBN
- 9788788073133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.62
€ 14.99
€ 12.62
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856684722
- ISBN
- 9780856684722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.75
€ 33.99
€ 30.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 676 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 676
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646886
- ISBN
- 9780691646886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 342.30
€ 342.30
Hardcover. With Shakespeare as the inspiration for Designer Bookbinders second International Competition, this lavish catalogue features contemporary design on the subject of the Great Bard from some of the best binders worldwide. Editor(s): Koch, Jeanette. Num Pages: 112 pages, 253 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKH; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242580
- ISBN
- 9781851242580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Private Lives, Public Deaths draws on classical studies, Hegel, and modern philosophical analyses to describe how Sophocle's tragedy Antigone expresses a key concern of ancient Greek culture: the value of a living individual. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251339
- ISBN
- 9780823251339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.34
€ 31.99
€ 28.34
Hardback. Private Lives, Public Deaths draws on classical studies, Hegel, and modern philosophical analyses to describe how Sophocle's tragedy Antigone expresses a key concern of ancient Greek culture: the value of a living individual. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251322
- ISBN
- 9780823251322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.07
€ 102.07
Paperback. In Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama, W. B. Worthen asks how the print form of drama bears on how we understand its dual identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521602693
- ISBN
- 9780521602693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. In the final ten years of his life, the author tackled the largest project any critic in English can take on - writing a preface to each of Shakespeare's plays. This title collects these prefaces. It introduces some of the most significant scholarship on Shakespeare to show the reader how certain critics frame large issues in a useful way. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064249
- ISBN
- 9780674064249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.55
€ 41.99
€ 34.55
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
€ 9.24
€ 9.24
Paperback. A work based on the author's experience as a director and actor and his scholarly knowledge of the Elizabethan stage. Series: Granville Barker's Prefaces to Shakespeare. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420090
- ISBN
- 9781848420090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.50
€ 14.99
€ 14.50
hardcover. This book explores the intersection of linguistics and literature and offers new insight into linguistic methods of literary criticism. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191076
- ISBN
- 9780819191076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.27
€ 122.27
Paperback. Explores the theater's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theater created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to "practice" the city. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267873
- ISBN
- 9780823267873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. Explores the theater's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theater created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to "practice" the city. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 b/w Illus. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267866
- ISBN
- 9780823267866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.13
€ 105.13
Paperback. Within Shakespeare's lifetime there was already some curiosity about what the writer of such brilliant poems, sonnets and plays looked like. Yet like so much else about him, Shakespeare's appearance is mysterious. This generously illustrated book offers a new perspective on Shakespeare likenesses, as well as exploring the afterlife of these images. Num Pages: 136 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851244058
- ISBN
- 9781851244058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.13
€ 19.99
€ 16.13
Hardback. The accommodation of popular icons on stage and the results this framing yields constitute this work's primary interests and aims. Plays studied include Sam Shepard's True West and Marsha Norman's The Holdup. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472714
- ISBN
- 9781611472714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10
Hardcover. One of the most memorable Shakespearean characters is Edgar in King Lear. The author asks us to rethink all those received ideas - and thus to experience King Lear as never before. He argues that Edgar is Shakespeare's most radical experiment in characterization - and also his most exhaustive model of both human and theatrical possibility. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226150642
- ISBN
- 9780226150642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.42
€ 41.99
€ 32.42