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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. This book provides an introductory perspective on its subject together with detailed studies of the major non-Shakespearean tragedies. It assumes that the central and most disturbing insights of the plays were expressed in terms of the thought patterns of the time. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333463659
ISBN
9780333463659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardback. This study examines the relationship between tragicomedy in modernist theatre and the consumerist culture in which the genre has risen. In the plays of Beckett, Shepard and Pinter, Orr argues, playfulness and confusion overlay a black vision of nuclear apocalypse. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Culture & Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333448793
ISBN
9780333448793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.57

Hardback. This introduction to the theatre also attempts to offer a meditation on the theatricality of the Incarnation. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, the author explores theatrical history. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 168 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSG; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333447024
ISBN
9780333447024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

hardcover. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Edition
1988th Edition
SKU
V9780333433560
ISBN
9780333433560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333433331
ISBN
9780333433331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.07

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333428764
ISBN
9780333428764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.17

Hardback. The history play is a popular genre among English playwrights of this century, yet very little research has been done in the field. This book examines the term 'history play' afresh, seeking to define the scope and the limits of the genre in relation to twentieth-century ideas of and attitudes to history. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333425176
ISBN
9780333425176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333414040
ISBN
9780333414040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 187.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333397541
ISBN
9780333397541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.64

hardcover. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1986th Edition
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333387078
ISBN
9780333387078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.13

Hardback. "Published in the U.S.A. in 1985 under the title To analyze delight"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333375518
ISBN
9780333375518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333369333
ISBN
9780333369333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333367087
ISBN
9780333367087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Rowse, A. L. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333363874
ISBN
9780333363874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333323892
ISBN
9780333323892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.89

Hardback. This work explores a range of images and texts that shed light on the complexity of the European reception and interpretation of the New World. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 489.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312296155
ISBN
9780312296155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Paperback. This study shows how the "rewriting" of Shakespeare's plays serves as an interpretative grid through which to read three movements - postcoloniality, postpatriarchy and postmodernism - via the "Tempest" characters of Caliban, Miranda/Sycorax and Prospero. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; DSGS; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295486
ISBN
9780312295486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. From marketing to electronic Shakespeare, comics to romance novels, "Star Trek" to Branagh, radio and popular music to "Bartlett's Quotations", the volume explores the contemporary cultural significance of Shakespeare in a broad array of mass media contexts. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294540
ISBN
9780312294540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

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. "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. What might a self-conscious turn to formal analysis look like in Renaissance literary studies today? The essays collected here address this question from a variety of critical perspectives, as part of a renewed willingness within literary and cultural studies to engage questions of form. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Mark David. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293604
ISBN
9780312293604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. This title examines the role of animal metaphor in the Shakespeare stage, particularly as such metaphor serves to underwrite various forms of social difference. Different chapters of the study focus upon the allegedly natural character of femininity, masculinity, and ethnicity. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293437
ISBN
9780312293437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293420
ISBN
9780312293420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.63

Hardback. This text expands on Bryan Reynolds' controversial transversal theory while offering groudbreaking analyses of Shakespeare plays - and textual, filmic and theatrical adaptations of them. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293314
ISBN
9780312293314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 48.01

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