Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
hardcover. Aristophanes' comedies are famous for their comic characters and earthy humour. But they are also highly topical, with many contemporary political allusions easily missed today. This book provides students with a long needed accessible and essential introductory guide to the plays, focusing particularly on information about the Athens of the day. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198721581
- ISBN
- 9780198721581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.92
€ 45.92
Hardback. Although Bakhtin applied his theory primarily to the epic and the novel, Platter finds in his work profound implications for Aristophanic comedy, where stylistic heterogeneity is the genre's lifeblood. Series: Arethusa Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885273
- ISBN
- 9780801885273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00€ 57.22
€ 63.00
€ 57.22
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309699
- ISBN
- 9780226309699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.05€ 48.48
€ 57.05
€ 48.48
Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 135 x 201 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521172578
- ISBN
- 9780521172578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.34
€ 17.34
Paperback. This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works-featuring Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), and Frogs-combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. Editor(s): Halliwell, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192824097
- ISBN
- 9780192824097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 10.25
€ 16.99
€ 10.25
Hardcover. A new edition of Aristophanes, replacing the previous OCT (1900-1). It incorporates a better picture of the transmission of the text from antiquity, and more accurate reports of manuscript readings. Editor(s): Wilson, N. G. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198721802
- ISBN
- 9780198721802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.92
€ 45.92
Paperback. In this work, Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671213329
- ISBN
- 9780671213329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.24
€ 16.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. An insightful study of Arthur Miller's work. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 35. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521605533
- ISBN
- 9780521605533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.72
€ 58.72
Paperback. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSG; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572410138
- ISBN
- 9781572410138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.35
€ 27.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. Looks at the way five of the comedies have been staged over the last 50 years, asking how gender politics affects the production of the comedies, and how gender is represented, both in the text and on stage. Series: Gender in Performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSGS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415096966
- ISBN
- 9780415096966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's journey into the Forest of Arden, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with two acclaimed directors (Dominic Cooke and Michael Boyd) and an actor (Naomi Frederick), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243804
- ISBN
- 9780230243804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Spark Notes United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411401044
- ISBN
- 9781411401044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. With its cross-dressed heroine, gender games and explorations of sexual ambivalence, its Forest of Arden and melancholy Jacques, this book speaks directly to the twenty-first century. It connects the play to the Elizabethan court and its dynamic queen and demonstrates that the play's vital roots in its own time give it new life in ours. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904271222
- ISBN
- 9781904271222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.42
€ 12.42
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847064936
- ISBN
- 9781847064936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.74
€ 33.99
€ 28.74
Paperback. The study of Fugard's plays and how his work retains an insistent influence in society. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840028218
- ISBN
- 9781840028218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.72
€ 24.99
€ 21.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Ratliff, Gerald Lee; Dorn, Patrick Rainville. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Meriwether Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566082082
- ISBN
- 9781566082082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.89
€ 19.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Series: The Fourth Wall. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 119. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138210097
- ISBN
- 9781138210097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.66
€ 12.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811211666
- ISBN
- 9780811211666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.67
€ 25.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Contains stories such as "Baby Doll" and "Something Unspoken". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190297
- ISBN
- 9780141190297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Features several interviews, giving detailed and personal stories from veteran screenwriters of the seventies and eighties, focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Looking at how movies get made, this work offers a different perspective on many of the great movies, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties. Editor(s): McGilligan, Patrick. Num Pages: 434 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245181
- ISBN
- 9780520245181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28