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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. This collection of essays, originally published over the last forty years in the journal Modern Drama, explores the drama of four of the most influential European proponents of modernism in the European Drama: Ibsen, Strandberg, Pirandello and Beckett. Editor(s): Innes, Christopher; Marker, Frederick J. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082060
ISBN
9780802082060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DQ; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868197951
ISBN
9780868197951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.52

hardcover. Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. This volume includes five plays, four histories and one contemporary piece that complement other collections of Chikamatsu's work, revealing various dimensions to the work of this artist. Translator(s): Gerstle, C. Andrew. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780231121668
ISBN
9780231121668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.47

hardcover. Focusing on the UK and US, the author offers a critique of the cultural stereotyping and political conservatism that have pursued the playwrights in translation. She shows how the choices made by the translators and stagers of Fo and Rame's political theatre reveal attitudes toward foreign cultures and theatre generally and Italy in particular. Series: Warwick Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 146 pages, Includes 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780754654018
ISBN
9780754654018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.01

hardcover. Thomas Heywood was a playwright, miscellanist and a translator. Arguing that Heywood's theatrical output deserves the same attention and study that has been directed towards Shakespeare, Jonson, and Middleton, this book looks at the periods of Heywood's creativity. It explores how Heywood participated in the civic life of London in his writings. Series Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen. Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama. Num Pages: 394 pages, Includes 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780754669258
ISBN
9780754669258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays. Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199593163
ISBN
9780199593163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804705035
ISBN
9780804705035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

paperback. Samuel Beckett has long been identified with the debilitated and impotent characters he created. In this book, the author offers a new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed and disturbed and shows him as a kind and generous man. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0019004
ISBN
9780300074956
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195070088
ISBN
9780195070088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. Series: The Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195072907
ISBN
9780195072907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. A guide to the historical detail of Shakespeare's ten history plays. This text examines medieval English history according to the Tudor chroniclers who provided Shakespeare with his material; that history as understood by modern scholars; and the action of the plays themselves. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195123197
ISBN
9780195123197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.85

Paperback. Euripides' "Bakkhai" is the staple of the canon of Greek tragedy, as its structure and thematics offer exemplary models of the classic tragic elements. The plot centres around the actions of Pentheus, King of Thebes, who refused to recognize the god Dionysus or permit Thebans to worship him. Translator(s): Segal, Charles; Gibbons, Reginald. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 143.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195125986
ISBN
9780195125986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.93

Paperback. Andha Yug, one of the most significant plays of modern India, was written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent. A profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood, it focuses on the last day of the Mahabharata war. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 203.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198065227
ISBN
9780198065227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.11

Hardback. This volume focuses on the adaptation of Greek tragedy between 1970 and 2005 in order to interrogate the relationship between tragedy and postmodernism; analysis of a range of adaptations from this period demonstrates intertextual engagements with prototype texts that have much in common with the main ideas expressed in poststructuralist thought. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199664115
ISBN
9780199664115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.62

paperback. Passing Strange attempts to bring contemporary race studies and contemporary Shakespeare studies into an honest and sustained dialogue, demonstrating both how and why instability is the nature of the relationship between Shakespeare and race in American popular culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Usa United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780199987962
ISBN
9780199987962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
3
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486227276
ISBN
9780486227276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.36

Paperback. This collection of essays is devoted to the most important changes - in theme, language, structure, style, and production - that characterize the transformation of Athenian Comedy from the mid-fifth through the fourth century. Editor(s): Dobrov, Gregory W. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780788501401
ISBN
9780788501401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

paperback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780891303909
ISBN
9780891303909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 181 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, 23 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4E; DSGS; EBAR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811005800
ISBN
9789811005800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Golder, Herbert; Pevear, Richard. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195128192
ISBN
9780195128192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. This translation of the only extant satyr play of Euripides is designed for the non-specialist reader, and is accompanied by a critical introduction and notes designed to clarify obscure references and to explain the conventions of the Athenian stage. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 161 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195143034
ISBN
9780195143034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195373288
ISBN
9780195373288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195373301
ISBN
9780195373301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195373400
ISBN
9780195373400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.38

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