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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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

Paperback. Shakespeare's Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size nuggets of inspiration and wisdom from the greatest writer in the English language and the most popular playwright across the globe. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0015266
ISBN
9780007954858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532049
ISBN
9780199532049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

Paperback. Originally published in hardback: London: Continuum, 2012. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472517142
ISBN
9781472517142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535866
ISBN
9780199535866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. This text explores the concept of these related terms and considers the complex relationship that exists between all three. This useful guidebook is an essential read for any student of literature, drama, theatre and performance studies. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415234948
ISBN
9780415234948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.47

Paperback. Sophocles' "Electra" tells the story of the revenge Orestes and Electra take on their mother, Clytemnestra, for he murder of their father Agamemnon, after he returns from the Trojan War. This edition of the play is preceded by a critical introduction and is accompanied by explanatory notes. Translator(s): Carson, Anne. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195049602
ISBN
9780195049602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.94

Paperback. Victor, a New York cop nearing retirement, moves among furniture in the disused attic of a house marked for demolition. Cabinets, desks, a damaged harp, an overstuffed armchair - the relics of a lost life of affluence he's finally come to sell. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189987
ISBN
9780141189987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's great comedy of love, folly and mistaken identity, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with with three leading directors (Sam Mendes, Declan Donnellan and Neil Bartlett), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243842
ISBN
9780230243842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107676718
ISBN
9781107676718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.81

Paperback. Updated edition of Coriolanus, providing detailed commentary and a substantial introduction, including a section on criticism and performances. Editor(s): Bliss, Lee. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 538. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 328 pages, 14 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bliss, Lee. Updated edition of Coriolanus, providing detailed commentary and a substantial introduction, including a section on criticism and performances. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 556.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521728744
ISBN
9780521728744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.96

Paperback. Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discussing the main themes of a play and the developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. This book explores Dionysus place in Athenian religion, and what Euripides makes of him in the play. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Company
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715634301
ISBN
9780715634301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.50

Hardcover. Containing Shakespeare's four Last Plays - The Tempest, Pericles, The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline, this single-column text of the plays features Signet footnotes, is supplemented with bibliographies, and a detailed chronology of Shakespear's life and times. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliographies, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152296
ISBN
9781857152296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816667536
ISBN
9780816667536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Ford's tragedy, originally printed in 1633, was the first major English play to take as its theme fulfilled incest between brother and sister. Editor(s): Wiggins, Martin. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713650600
ISBN
9780713650600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Each title in the "York Notes" series offers an approach to English literature that should help students achieve a better grade. This book provides detailed summaries and commentaries, advice, facts and an extended resources section on "Julius Caeser". Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; DSGS; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 208 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Longman London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582772694
ISBN
9780582772694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.31

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171684
ISBN
9781590171684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.58

Hardcover. Editor(s): Dusinberre, Juliet. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
The Arden Shakespeare
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271192
ISBN
9781904271192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.08

Paperback. Series: Shakespeare and Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472503237
ISBN
9781472503237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Based on real events that took place in Oyo, the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka's play tells how Simon Pilkings, a well-meaning District Officer, intervenes to prevent the ritual suicide of the Yoruba chief, Elesin. This Student Edition includes a full introduction, commentary and questions for study. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413695505
ISBN
9780413695505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley. Editor(s): Browne, E. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 201 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190273
ISBN
9780141190273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Shakespeare's tragedies contain an astonishing variety of suffering, from suicides and murders to dismemberments and grief. Stanley Wells considers how the bard's tragic plays drew on the literary and theatrical conventions of his time. Discussing the individual plays, he also explores why tragedy is regarded as a fit subject for entertainment. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white images. BIC Classification: DDS; DSG; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198785293
ISBN
9780198785293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. This original and distinctive verse translation of four of Sophocles' plays conveys the vitality of his poetry and the vigour of the plays as performed showpieces, encouraging the reader to relish the sound of the spoken verse and the potential for song within the lyrics. Translator(s): Taplin, Oliver. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192806857
ISBN
9780192806857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

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