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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Hardback. The Theatre of War surveys more than two hundred plays about the First World War written, published and/or performed in Britain and Ireland between 1909 and 1998. Perspectives discussed include: subject matter, technique and evaluation. The result is an understanding of the First World War as a watershed in international history. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525580
ISBN
9780230525580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.45

Paperback. This updated edition is ideal to support students when studying and revising for the new A level English Literature exams. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 212 x 297 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447982272
ISBN
9781447982272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.96

Paperback. Going against the grain of the dominant scholarship on the period, which generally ignores the impact of Jewish questions in early modern England, Shapiro presents how Elizabethans imagined Jews to be utterly different from themselves--in religion, race, nationality, and even sexuality. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103459
ISBN
9780231103459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192277
ISBN
9780141192277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Using close readings of Shaw's plays and letters, as well as archival research, David Clare illustrates that Shaw regularly placed Irish, Irish Diasporic, and surrogate Irish characters into his plays in order to comment on Anglo-Irish relations and to explore the nature of Irishness. Series: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543554
ISBN
9781137543554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 27.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KL; DSGS; YQE. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 177 x 111 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Connell Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776601
ISBN
9781907776601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Spectral Shakespeares is an illuminating exploration of experimental adaptations of Shakespeare on film, TV, and the web. Drawing on adaptation studies, media theory, and Derrida's work, the "Shakespeare" that emerges from these adaptations is a fragmentary and mediatized presence that leaves a mark on our contemporary mediascape. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; APF; APT; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137585127
ISBN
9781137585127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Paperback. Includes material to help reader understand and enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. This book features scene-by-scene summary, offering an easily understandable way into the play. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576148
ISBN
9780230576148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.89

Hardback. This collection of essays approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the History of Emotions. Contributions come from established and emergent scholars from a range of disciplines, including performance history, musicology and literary history. Editor(s): White, R. S.; Houlahan, Mark; O'Loughlin, Katrina. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137464743
ISBN
9781137464743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardback. "A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on five Europeans who saw Shakespeare as a force of resistance against tyranny"-- Editor(s): Morse, Ruth. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 533.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441139467
ISBN
9781441139467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.00
€ 179.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138961265
ISBN
9781138961265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Spark Notes United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411401037
ISBN
9781411401037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 black & white line drawings, 40 black & white photographs (16pp). BIC Classification: BGL; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Golden Duck (UK) Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899262014
ISBN
9781899262014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Hardcover. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516. Rethinking Historicism. 256 pages. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight: 520.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646135
ISBN
9780748646135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.38

Paperback. First performed in 1727, Cardenio or Double Falsehood was based on a play originally written by William Shakespeare. This significant new edition traces the elements of his work to be found in the text we have today, opening up fascinating questions and ideas for all students of Shakespeare. Editor(s): Hammond, Brean. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 illustrations in the introduction. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third Series
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903436776
ISBN
9781903436776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.65

Hardback. Series: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319409962
ISBN
9783319409962
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.49

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409438199
ISBN
9781409438199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.00

Paperback. Explores the influence of Shakespeare on American musical theatre through analyses of five important productions from 1938 through 1971. This book offers a fresh look at the development of American musical theatre and an understanding of Shakespeare in the modern American context. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221520
ISBN
9780253221520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801427824
ISBN
9780801427824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 15.90

Paperback. Presents hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married Shakespeare. This book asks questions, opens fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 288. 416 pages. Presents hypotheses about the life of the farmer's daughter who married Shakespeare. This book asks questions, opens fields of investigation and research, and rights the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 28. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747593003
ISBN
9780747593003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

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