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Hardback. Shakespeare and Cognition challenges orthodox approaches to Shakespeare by using recent psychological findings about human decision-making to analyse the unique characters that populate his plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543158
ISBN
9781137543158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

Hardback. Examines the complex relationship between Shakespeare and Irish literary and cultural traditions. Addressing Shakespearean representations of Ireland as well as Irish writers' responses to the dramatist, the book ranges from theatrical performances, pedagogical practices to political developments. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Wray, Ramona. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714508
ISBN
9780333714508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Wray, Ramona. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349259267
ISBN
9781349259267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.12

Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145614
ISBN
9781868145614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
twentieth anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178679
ISBN
9780231178679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.57

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

€ 36.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269945
ISBN
9780823269945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269938
ISBN
9780823269938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

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

€ 36.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Celebrates Shakespeare's influence on American culture. This book contains essays which explore Shakespeare's influence on America's cultural history from a variety of perspectives. It includes essays from the colonial period, to the adoption of Shakespeare as an "American genius" in the nineteenth century, to twentieth-century musical comedy. Editor(s): Vaughan, Prof. Virginia Mason; Vaughan, Alden T. Num Pages: 192 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 14. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987156
ISBN
9780295987156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Paperback. A professor and a prisoner, and how Shakespeare saved them both Larry Newton, one of the most notorious inmates in the prison's supermax, was trying to break out. But Laura Bates, one of the most persistent teachers the prison had seen, was trying to break in. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSGS; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402273148
ISBN
9781402273148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.92

paperback. Shakespeare's 'Whores' studies each use of the word 'whore' in Shakespeare's canon, focusing especially on the positive personal and social effects of female sexuality, as represented in several major female characters, from the goddess Venus, to the queen Cleopatra, to the cross-dressing Rosalind, and many others. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349439126
ISBN
9781349439126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312217211
ISBN
9780312217211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226462516
ISBN
9780226462516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardcover. Examines Shakespeare's plays for emergent early modern spectatorial subjects. It thus places it within the discourses most crucial to the contemporary exposition and disruption of regimes of vision: perspective painting, cartography, optics, geometry, Puritan anti-theatrical polemic and the occult. Num Pages: 257 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; CFG; DSGS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333779354
ISBN
9780333779354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This volume examines Asian staging of Western canonical theatre, particularly Shakespeare's plays, arguing that intercultural performance questions the settled assumptions we bring to our interpretations of familiar texts. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327639
ISBN
9780822327639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Wry and insightful, "Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line" takes readers on a cross-country tour of the most powerful trend in academic life today--the rise of business values and the belief that efficiency, immediate practical usefulness, and marketplace triumph are the best measures of a university's success. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016347
ISBN
9780674016347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.13

hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSGS; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
2008th Edition
SKU
V9781403967886
ISBN
9781403967886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.54

Paperback. This volume argues that the Shakespeare films of the 1990s are key instruments with which western culture confronts the anxieties attendant upon the transition from one century to another. It maintains films such as "Hamlet" and "Othello" engage with some of the most pressing millennial concerns. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSGS; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333776643
ISBN
9780333776643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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