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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. In this journey into the sound-worlds of Shakespeare's contemporaries, the text explores the physical aspects of human speech (ears, lungs, tongue) and the surrounding environment (buildings, landscape, climate), as well as social and political structures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 32 halftones, 2 tables, 25 musical notations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press Chicago, IL
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763774
ISBN
9780226763774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 black & white line drawings, 40 black & white photographs (16pp). BIC Classification: BGL; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Golden Duck (UK) Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899262014
ISBN
9781899262014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. 'The greatest literary scholar of his generation' (Independent) explains how the history of the Elizabethan era is the backdrop to William Shakespeare and his plays. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819951
ISBN
9780753819951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. The play script of Jonson's satirical farce, including an extensive introduction, with biographical notes and information about the staging of the play, as well as detailed notes beneath the text on each page. Editor(s): Cook, Elizabeth. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408110201
ISBN
9781408110201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Current date of publication from iPage.IngramContent.com. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691600956
ISBN
9780691600956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.67

Paperback. The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest provides facing-page commentary on Oscar Wilde's greatest play. Editor Nicholas Frankel highlights the play's relation to the author's homosexuality and to the climate of sexual repression that led to Wilde's imprisonment just months after the play's London opening in 1895. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 282 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048980
ISBN
9780674048980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.66

Hardback. Presents a philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's "Othello". This book opens with a portrait of Iago, and considers the nature and moral significance of the evil that he represents. It addresses the boundaries dividing normality and pathology. Translator(s): Lob, Ladislaus. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137339
ISBN
9780691137339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. If you have ever been stuck trying to identify a Shakespearean quote then this is the book for you! With over 3,000 quotes from single lines to quite long extracts organized by topic and by play, this is an essential book for anyone with an interest in Shakespeare. Editor(s): Armstrong, Jane. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408125076
ISBN
9781408125076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472581020
ISBN
9781472581020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.08

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408129104
ISBN
9781408129104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

paperback. Beautifully illustrated, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 line drawings, 75 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415912136
ISBN
9780415912136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Part of the series "Euripides in Penguin Classics", this title contains plays such as "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440447
ISBN
9780140440447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. With The Beggar's Opera (1728), Gay invented the ballad opera. It is here published for the first time with its sequel, Polly, in which Macheath and Polly Peachum are transplanted to the West Indies. Together the plays offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws are impossible to tell apart. Editor(s): Gladfelder, Hal. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642229
ISBN
9780199642229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth). Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421186
ISBN
9781421421186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.92
€ 47.41

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199240685
ISBN
9780199240685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 360.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480607
ISBN
9780801480607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Weidauer, Friedemann J.; Ostmeier, Dorothee. Series: Brecht Yearbook S. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971896383
ISBN
9780971896383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Wessendorf, Markus; Weidauer, Friedemann J. Series: Brecht Yearbook S. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971896390
ISBN
9780971896390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Weidauer, Friedemann J. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985195601
ISBN
9780985195601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.29

Paperback. Newest volume of the central scholarly forum for discussion of Brecht and aspects of theater and literature of particular interest to him, especially the politics of literature and theater in a global context. Editor(s): Rippey, Theodore F. Series: Brecht Yearbook. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 2ACG; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985195632
ISBN
9780985195632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.93

Paperback. The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre's most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. Editor(s): Raby, Peter. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 330 pages, 20 b/w illus. Editor(s): Raby, Peter. The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre's most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521479875
ISBN
9780521479875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

Paperback. This updated Companion has been fully revised and includes an extensively overhauled bibliography and four new chapters by leading scholars. Editor(s): McEachern, Claire. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 321 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
321
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107643321
ISBN
9781107643321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.57

Paperback. An engaging introductory guide to Chekhov, one of the most important and influential modern writers of fiction and drama. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 352. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 210 pages. An engaging introductory guide to Chekhov, one of the most important and influential modern writers of fiction and drama. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521706889
ISBN
9780521706889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.29

Paperback. An accessible 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies, including full chapters on Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 274. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 176 pages, 1 b/w illus. An accessible 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies, including full chapters on Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521674928
ISBN
9780521674928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

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