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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Hardcover. Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes-of claims for the absolute authority of scripture, monarch, and God, and the authority of fathers over wives and children, the old over the young, and the gentle over the baseborn. Greenblatt shows that Shakespeare was averse to such absolutes and constantly probed the possibility of freedom from them. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 164 pages, 4 colour plates, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306667
ISBN
9780226306667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. This work explores Shakespeare's deep fascination with dangerous and disorderly forms of speaking - especially rumour, slander, insult, vituperation and curse - and through them offers a vision of the work of words in his plays. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309897
ISBN
9780226309897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Includes essay on Botticelli that traces the artist's sudden popularity in the nineteenth century for reasons that have more to do with poetry than painting. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226431758
ISBN
9780226431758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. Intends to reconstruct Shakespeare's authorial identity as Shakespeare and his contemporaries actually understood it. This title argues that Shakespeare tried to adapt his own singular talent and ambition to the collaborative enterprise of drama by imagining himself as uniquely embodying the diverse, fractious energies of the popular theater. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226445724
ISBN
9780226445724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.71

Hardcover. An actor's deepest desire is to be understood. But when asked to pronounce such words as 'chanson,' 'phantasime,' or 'quaestor,' many otherwise unflappable actors can be rendered speechless. This title aims to untie those tongues and help those who speak Shakespeare's language with ease. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226491158
ISBN
9780226491158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Paperback. This text explores the perceived discrepancy between outward appearance and inward disposition which, it argues, influenced the work of many English Renaissance dramatists and poets. The author examines various connections between religious, legal, sexual and theatrical ideas of inward truth. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511245
ISBN
9780226511245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. This work refigures the social and cultural context within which Elizabethan drama was created. It concentrates upon the formal means by which Shakespeare's Elizabethan plays called into question the absolutist assertions of the Elizabethan state. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534831
ISBN
9780226534831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.97

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226577098
ISBN
9780226577098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Arguing that attention to Shakespearean wordplay reveals unexpected linkages, not only within and between plays but also between the plays and their contemporary culture, this book combines feminist and historical approaches with attention to the "matter" of language as well as of race and gender. Num Pages: 402 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226645858
ISBN
9780226645858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Renaissance formulations of friendship typically cast the friend as "another self" and idealized a pair of friends as "one soul in two bodies". This work puts the stress on the likeness of friends into context and offers a historical account of its place in English culture and politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226749679
ISBN
9780226749679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSB; DSGS; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Paperback
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763668
ISBN
9780226763668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

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
€ 37.06

Paperback. For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a theater of the mind. This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its historical context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; DSG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853512
ISBN
9780226853512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.42

Hardback. Demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts points to a deep engagement with the law's technical workings, its underlying premises, and its social effects. This book considers Shakespeare's awareness of common law thinking and practice through examinations of Measure for Measure and Othella. Editor(s): Cormack, Bradin; Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924939
ISBN
9780226924939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 78.49

Paperback. This volume offers comprehensive analyses and new translations of Kalidasa's three extant plays: "Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection," "Urvasi Won by Valor," and "Malavika and Agnimitra." Num Pages: 387 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231058391
ISBN
9780231058391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. This work explores the best of contemporary Italian theatre, from Luigi Pirandello to Massimo Bontempelli. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the aftermath of World War II, and includes a number of translations of plays never before published in English. Editor(s): House, Jane; Attisani, Antonio. Num Pages: 622 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071185
ISBN
9780231071185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.85
€ 75.92

Hardback. This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and English playwrights. The plays discussed reflect the transformation of gay men in 20th-century British and American societies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075107
ISBN
9780231075107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.60
€ 79.12

Paperback. This book carefully translates a seminal work of Japanese puppet theater, written in 1747, during the the genre's golden age. The editor includes background information on the play and a bibliography. Editor(s): Jones, Stanleigh H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080538
ISBN
9780231080538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Presents a collection of three "Turk" plays namely "Selimus, Emperor of the Turks"; "A Christian Turned Turk"; and "The Renegado". It represents Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. It is useful for understanding the English identity. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illus; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110297
ISBN
9780231110297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others-and reflecting upon subjects ranging from social attitudes towards racial difference and adultery to the politics of mercantilism and the hierarchy of master/servant relationships-the book reenergizes the discussion of Renaissance drama and history. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113328
ISBN
9780231113328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86
€ 89.47

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