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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Cross-dressing in Shakespeare: a context for Elizabethan gender studies Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472084050
ISBN
9780472084050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. 'Sails of the Herring Fleet' traces director and theorist Herbert Blau's encounters with Samuel Beckett. Blau directed Beckett's plays when they were virtually unknown and has remained a leading interpreter of Becket's work over four decades. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030019
ISBN
9780472030019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.39

Paperback. The author reveals the complex political and social elements of Euripides' plays and the interplay between the poet and his audience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472084432
ISBN
9780472084432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.39

Paperback. This collection of essays applies the abstract theory of contemporary Shakespearean criticism to the practicalities of performance, bringing together key names from both realms and a wide range of sources. It is aimed at teachers and students of theatre studies and Renaissance studies. Editor(s): Bulman, James C. Num Pages: 228 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415116268
ISBN
9780415116268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.05

Hardcover. Ibsen has often been considered as the most important source, besides Goethe, of Western influence in modern Chinese literary thinking and remains influential in both the modern Chinese theatre and the Chinese women's movement. This bibliography charts how modern Chinese culture has developed. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622019072
ISBN
9789622019072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.04

Hardcover. Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility explores the interplay between the known and the unknown from two perspectives-landscape and journey-in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611475234
ISBN
9781611475234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duquesne University Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704241
ISBN
9780820704241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.59
€ 63.16

Dimension: 238 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649927
ISBN
9781442649927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.50

In Shakespeare in Quebec, Jennifer Drouin analyses representations of nation and gender in Shakespearean adaptations written in Quebec since the Quiet Revolution. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBD; DSGS; JFSJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 2. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647978
ISBN
9781442647978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.42

This collection of 171 letters, most never before published, finally makes the fascinating Shaw/Murray correspondence available. Editor(s): Carpenter, Charles A. Series: Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643826
ISBN
9781442643826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.30

Paperback. This new edition has been brought up to date with the latest Shakespearian scholarship. Num Pages: 416 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195051612
ISBN
9780195051612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.50

Paperback. Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472031634
ISBN
9780472031634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.66

paperback. Presents a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humour and tragedy. This book creates the text's varied metre and rhyme and also its diverse tones and styles - dramatic and lyrical, reflective and farcical, pathetic and coarse, colloquial and soaring. Translator(s): Greenberg, Martin. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780300189698
ISBN
9780300189698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.36

paperback. Designed to meet the instructional needs of advanced German courses, this volume combines a number of pedagogically proven foreign language teaching and learning strategies, primarily the communicative approach and the three-stage reading strategy. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: AB; CJ; DSBH; DSBH5; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 273 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433126390
ISBN
9781433126390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.28

Paperback. "Galatea and Midas" are two of John Lyly's most engaging plays. This book presents the plays. Editor(s): Hunter, George K.; Bevington, David. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078279
ISBN
9780719078279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.20

paperback. Scholars have put forward many theories about who wrote the works of Shakespeare, suggesting it could have been Francis Bacon or the Earl of Oxford. This is an investigation of the claims and counter-claims, laying out the arguments for the various candidates, including Shakespeare himself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 116 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500281130
ISBN
9780500281130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.01

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Paperback
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300085266
ISBN
9780300085266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.67

hardcover. This work argues that moments of allusion to the supernatural in Shakespeare are occasions where Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes register the perseverance of haunted structures in modern culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736213
ISBN
9780804736213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.80

hardcover. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this collection of the Bard's greatest plays is digested to a few thousand words along with footnotes. It is suitable for those who know their Shakespeare, perfect for the theatre goer needing a quick recap, and a massive relief for those just desperate to pass their English exam. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; WH; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Doubleday
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780857524256
ISBN
9780857524256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Ahlquist, Dale. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 287. 336 pages. Editor(s): Ahlquist, Dale. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSGS. Dimension: 192 x 128 x 17. Weight: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486489193
ISBN
9780486489193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.45

paperback. Editor(s): Braunmuller, A. R.; Orgel, Stephen. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
9780143128618
ISBN
9780143128618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Kolin, Philip C.; Young, Harvey. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415624930
ISBN
9780415624930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.86

Hardcover. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 832 pages, 106ill. BIC Classification: DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801412837
ISBN
9780801412837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 307.55

paperback. British Academy lectures have previously been published in the Proceedings of the British Academy. Lectures are now made available in the new open access Journal of the British Academy. But they will also be printed in an annual volume. This volume publishes lectures from the 2014 and 2015 programmes, which were posted to the Journal in 2015. Editor(s): Carsten, Janet; Frith, Simon. Series: British Academy Lectures Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, c. 20. BIC Classification: DSGS; HBJD; HBWQ; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 175 x 246 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265987
ISBN
9780197265987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.58

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