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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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
€ 59.64
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
€ 127.82
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
€ 128.19
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
€ 194.17
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
€ 128.07
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
€ 127.40
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
€ 66.34
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
€ 193.57
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
€ 72.46
Hardback. This book examines six plays by Shakespeare ("Love's Labour's Lost", "Hamlet", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest") as dramatizations of the Renaissance Court in its developing history. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333474358
- ISBN
- 9780333474358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
hardcover. This work attempts to analyze Shakespeare's tragedies, concentrating on the accidental irregularities and the inspired "unconformities" to the found there. The aim is to understand Shakespeare's mind and craft by an interpretion of the plays to see what problems of consistency they present. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1990th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333510872
- ISBN
- 9780333510872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.46
€ 194.46
Hardback. An exploration of redefinitions. The book considers the various ways in which Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill and Maxwell Anderson approach the issue of dramatic heroism and the related literary problem of modern tragedy. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333512203
- ISBN
- 9780333512203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.66
€ 193.66
Hardcover. This volume offers critical and theoretical perspectives on some of the major figures in European drama in the 20th century. These essays combine contemporary theory with a discussion of the dramatic work and theories of theatre and drama of the playwrights who created modern drama in Europe. Editor(s): Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532843
- ISBN
- 9780333532843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. An introduction to American drama, aimed at students, academics and serious readers, which is also concerned that the unfamiliar names and forgotten voices of those who made a major contribution to its history, have been unfairly neglected. Editor(s): Bloom, Clive; Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532874
- ISBN
- 9780333532874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.21
€ 60.21
Hardback. Besides essays on dramatists like Soyinka, Walcott, Williamson, Nowra, Fugard, Walker, Pollock and Thompson, there are surveys of the dramatic literature and developments in the theatre in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica and Trinidad. Editor(s): King, Bruce. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333534175
- ISBN
- 9780333534175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.46
€ 194.46
Hardback. This collection of essays applies the postmodernist theory of intertextuality to the romantic drama of the English Renaissance, including work by Heywood, Beaumont and Shakespeare. The introduction reviews various understandings of intertextuality and suggests adaptations. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333567036
- ISBN
- 9780333567036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Hardback. Explores and examines the theme of violence in the works of Shakespeare. Items covered include the rape of Lavinia, the killing of Cordelia and the murder of Desdemona. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333570883
- ISBN
- 9780333570883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.10
€ 127.10
paperback. Presents an original reading of Shakespeare's tragedies "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth". Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333579107
- ISBN
- 9780333579107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Hardback. This is a study of Friel's entire oeuvre, relating his work to the problems of subjectivity, representation, history and the body, with a view to offering some placement of Friel in relation to both postmodernism and traditional humanism. Central to the study is Friel's concept of "translation". Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333600757
- ISBN
- 9780333600757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.56
€ 194.56
Paperback. Shows that J.M. Synge's command of Irish was extensive, and that this knowledge proved invaluable in the writing of his major plays. This reappraisal of Synge's achievement draws on his unpublished papers in the Irish language. The author reveals Synge's indebtedness to the Gaelic tradition. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333604823
- ISBN
- 9780333604823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70