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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Sensualities/Textualities and Technologies: Writings of the Body in 21...
Broadhurst, Susan, Machon, Josephine
Hardcover. This innovative collection features essays by a range of internationally renowned scholars and reconsiders textual practices in contemporary performance, specifically focusing on the exciting exchange between text, body and technology. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220256
- ISBN
- 9780230220256
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€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZP; AVGH; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219984
- ISBN
- 9780230219984
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€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Beckett's bilingual oeuvre has been approached from many angles, most of which stress its autonomy from understandings of Irishness emerging from the Irish Literary Revival. Emilie Morin shows that such autonomy is only apparent, and that Beckett's avant-garde practices remain bound to the exigencies that govern their very development. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219861
- ISBN
- 9780230219861
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Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Paperback. This new edition of Anthony Roche's pioneering survey of twentieth-century Irish drama brings the story up-to-date with new material on the contemporary Irish theatre scene. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219793
- ISBN
- 9780230219793
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€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. Examining some of the most iconic texts in English theatre history, including Titus Andronicus and The Changeling, this book, now in paperback with a new Preface, reveals the pernicious erasure of rape and violence against women in the early modern era and the politics and ethics of rehearsing these negotiations on the 20th and 21st century stages. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219540
- ISBN
- 9780230219540
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book is an account of the history and continuation of plague as a potent metaphor since the disease ceased to be an epidemic threat in Western Europe, engaging with twentieth-century critiques of fascism, anti-Semitic rhetoric, the Oedipal legacy of psychoanalysis and its reception, and film spectatorship and the zombie genre. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA; DSB; DSG; JFCA; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219342
- ISBN
- 9780230219342
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Condition: New
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
Hardback. Globalization is transforming theatre everywhere. As writers seek to exploit new opportunities to produce their work internationally, audiences are seeing the world -- and the stage -- differently. This groundbreaking study explores these developments, placing them in the context of the transformation of Ireland since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 461.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230214286
- ISBN
- 9780230214286
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Paperback. This study expands on Reynolds' 'transversal poetics' - the theory, methodology, and aesthetics developed in response to the need for an approach that fosters agency, creativity and conscientious scholarship and pedagogy. It offers new readings of plays by, amongst others, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, Webster and Greene. Editor(s): Raynolds, Bryan. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230213128
- ISBN
- 9780230213128
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Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. Using themed performance reviews and extensive interviews with theatre professionals, this book explores how Shakespeare's 'cultural capital' has been evoked in the reinvention of a post-communist nation against a backdrop of political tensions surrounding the ascendance of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386. Political Appropriations in the Post-communist Czech Republic. Series: Performance Interventions. 224 pages, 9 black & white halftones. Using themed performance reviews and extensive interviews with theatre professionals, this book explores how Shakespeare's 'cultural capital' has been evoked in the reinvention of a post-communist nation against a backdrop of political tensions surrounding the ascendance of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 18. Weight: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203242
- ISBN
- 9780230203242
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Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. This collection of new essays is the first to explore the rich afterlife of one of Shakespeare's most recognizable characters. With contributions from an international group of established and emerging scholars, The Afterlife of Ophelia moves beyond the confines of existing scholarship and forges new lines of inquiry beyond Shakespeare studies. Editor(s): Peterson, Dr. Kaara L. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 271 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116900
- ISBN
- 9780230116900
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Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Hardcover. Thomas Fahy examines the integration of and challenges to popular culture found in the theatrical works of Millay, Cummings, and Dos Passos, which have largely been marginalized in discussions of theatre history and literary studies, despite offering a hybrid theatre that integrates popular with formal, and mainstream with experimental Num Pages: 196 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115958
- ISBN
- 9780230115958
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.64
€ 52.90
€ 46.64
Hardcover. A forgotten yet award-winning playwright, Cal Yeomans was one of the founders of gay theater whose work was fueled by gay liberation and extinguished by the AIDS epidemic. Schanke's examination of his life and legacy allows a rare exploration into this pivotal moment of gay American history. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSG; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115750
- ISBN
- 9780230115750
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.17
€ 52.90
€ 47.17
Hardcover. Lojek provides extensive analysis of space in plays by living Irish playwrights, applying practical understandings of staging and the insights of geographers and spatial theorists to drama in an era increasingly aware of space. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115231
- ISBN
- 9780230115231
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 46.61
€ 52.90
€ 46.61
Hardcover. Identifying an apprehension about the nature and constitution of urbanism in North American plays, Westgate examines how cities like New York City and Los Angeles became focal points for identity politics and social justice at the end of the twentieth century, and how urban crises inform the dramaturgy of contemporary playwrights. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114531
- ISBN
- 9780230114531
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€ 52.90€ 47.09
€ 52.90
€ 47.09
The Artistic Links Between William Shakespeare and Sir Thomas More: Ra...
Hallett, Charles A., Hallett, Elaine S.
Hardcover. The Halletts' investigation differs from anything that has been written about the relationship between Thomas More and William Shakespeare in that it approaches the subject from a dramaturgical point of view. This book defines, in specific terms, what Shakespeare learned from his study of More's History and how he learned it. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113671
- ISBN
- 9780230113671
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€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd, which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ANB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113381
- ISBN
- 9780230113381
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€ 52.90€ 46.61
€ 52.90
€ 46.61
Hardcover. This book offers the term 'ecophobia' as a way of understanding and organizing representations of contempt for the natural world. Estok argues that this vocabulary is both necessary to the developing area of ecocritical studies and for our understandings of the representations of 'Nature' in Shakespeare. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112568
- ISBN
- 9780230112568
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Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Hardcover. Frontier dramas were among the most popular and successful of early-twentieth-century Broadway type plays. The long runs of contemporary dramas not only indicate the popularity of these plays but also tell us that these plays offered views about the frontier that original audiences could and did embrace. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111448
- ISBN
- 9780230111448
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Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 47.33
€ 52.90
€ 47.33
Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive survey of approaches to genre in Shakespeare's work. Contributors probe deeply into genre theory and genre history by relating Renaissance conceptions. In this sense, the volume proposes to read Shakespeare through genre and, just as importantly, read genre through Shakespeare. Editor(s): Guneratne, Anthony R. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSGS; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108981
- ISBN
- 9780230108981
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Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. This book places sex and sexuality firmly at the heart of Beckett. From the earliest prose to the late plays, Paul Stewart uncovers a profound mistrust of procreation which nevertheless allows for a surprising variety of non-reproductive forms of sex which challenge established notions of sexual propriety and identity politics. Series: New Interpretations of Beckett in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418. Series: New Interpretations of Beckett in 21st C. 238 pages, 0. This book places sex and sexuality firmly at the heart of Beckett. From the earliest prose to the late plays, Paul Stewart uncovers a profound mistrust of procreation which nevertheless allows for a surprising variety of non-reproductive forms of sex which challenge established notions of sexual propriety and identity politics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 20. Weight: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108813
- ISBN
- 9780230108813
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Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. Focusing on works by Shakespeare and Spenser, this study shows the connection between visuality and ethical action in early modern English literature. The book places early modern debates about the value of visual experience into dialogue with subsequent philosophical and ethical efforts. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108097
- ISBN
- 9780230108097
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. In the first part of this book, Adam Max Cohen embraces the many meanings of wonder in order to challenge the generic divides between comedy, tragedy, history, and romance and suggests that Shakespeare's primary goal in crafting each of his playworlds was the evocation of one or more varieties of wonder. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105416
- ISBN
- 9780230105416
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105133
- ISBN
- 9780230105133
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Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardcover. An exploration of the way English literature has interacted with architectural edifices and the development of landscape as a national style from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. Analyzing texts in relation to cultural artefacts, each chapter demonstrates the self-conscious production of English consciousness as its most enduring history. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230020009
- ISBN
- 9780230020009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03