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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Hardback. Traces Shakespeare's legendary wit-combats with Ben Jonson to their source during the Poets' War. This book offers a reevaluation of this "War of the Theaters", revealing Shakespeare as a playwright intimately concerned with the production of his plays, the opinions of his rivals, and the impact his works had on their original audiences. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122429
ISBN
9780231122429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.36
€ 102.15

Paperback. Traces Shakespeare's legendary wit-combats with Ben Jonson to their source during the Poets' War. This book offers a reevaluation of this "War of the Theaters", revealing Shakespeare as a playwright intimately concerned with the production of his plays, the opinions of his rivals, and the impact his works had on their original audiences. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122436
ISBN
9780231122436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.92

Paperback. Through his researches in the archive of 16th and 17th-century manuscripts and documents at the Middle Temple in London, the author reveals that Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" was commissioned for performance there in 1602. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 colour illustrations, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 375.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357197
ISBN
9781900357197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Shakespeare's plays continue to be circulated on a massive scale in a variety of guises - as editions, performances, and adaptations - and it is by means of such mediation that we come to know his drama. This title addresses fundamental questions about this process of mediation, making use of the fraught category of adaptation. Num Pages: 232 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415308687
ISBN
9780415308687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, x, 166 p. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 206 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002623
ISBN
9780226701783
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. "Shakespeare and the question of culture" addresses the central issue of 'culture' in early modern studies through both literary history and disciplinary technique. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294380
ISBN
9780312294380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

Paperback. "Shakespeare and the question of culture" addresses the central issue of 'culture' in early modern studies through both literary history and disciplinary critique. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294397
ISBN
9780312294397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 490 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652252
ISBN
9780691652252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.40

Hardback. An investigation of the many ways that Shakespeare uses the defiant voice of the shrew. Kamaralli explores how modern performance practice negotiates the possibilities for staging these characters who refuse to conform to standards of acceptable behaviour for women, but are among Shakespeare's bravest, wisest and most vivid creations. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230348097
ISBN
9780230348097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays. Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199593163
ISBN
9780199593163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 261 x 37. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ibis Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892542161
ISBN
9780892542161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Garratt, Delia; Hamling, Tara. Num Pages: 136 pages, 50 colour illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002957
ISBN
9781474222266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A comprehensive study of Shakespeare's forgotten masterpiece The Phoenix and Turtle. Bednarz confronts the question of why one of the greatest poems in the English language is customarily ignored or misconstrued by Shakespeare biographers, literary historians, and critics. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230319400
ISBN
9780230319400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. These essays address the intersections between Shakespeare, history and the present using a variety of new and established methodological approaches, from phenomenology and ecocriticism to the new economics and aesthetics. Editor(s): DiPietro, Cary; Grady, Hugh. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137017307
ISBN
9781137017307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.32

Hardcover. A lively collection of essays from scholars from across Europe, North America and Australia. The book ranges from Shakespeare's use of manuals on war written for the sixteenth-century English public by an English mercenary, to reflections on the ways in which Shakespeare has been represented in Nazi Germany, wartime Denmark, or cold war Romania. Editor(s): King, Professor Ros; Franssen, Paul. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205086
ISBN
9780230205086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. This volume deconstructs the underlying assumptions behind youth-culture Shakespeare and then analyzes specific 'texts'. The authors explore the appropriation of Shakespeare by youth culture and the expropriation of youth culture in the manufacture and marketing of 'Shakespeare.' Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230623071
ISBN
9780230623071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403972842
ISBN
9781403972842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Paperback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269945
ISBN
9780823269945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269938
ISBN
9780823269938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Hardback. Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. He focuses on the material conditions of playing and of playgoing in order to show how they both inspired and restricted Shakespeare's art. A core of 22 plays is considered in total. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631224686
ISBN
9780631224686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.70

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