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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Shakespeare's Political Wisdom offers interpretations of five Shakespearean plays with a view to the enduring guidance those plays can provide to human, political life. The plays have been chosen for their relentless attention to the questions that were once and may sometime become, or be recognized as being, the heart and soul of politics. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137564320
ISBN
9781137564320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.48

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

€ 69.62

Paperback. 'York Notes' offer an approach to English literature that aims to fully reflect student needs. They are filled with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Pearson York Notes
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784246
ISBN
9780582784246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.20

Hardcover. Mendel's Theatre offers a new way of thinking about early twentieth-century American drama by uncovering the rich convergence of heredity theory, the American eugenics movement, and innovative modern drama from the 1890s to 1930. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230615854
ISBN
9780230615854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.13
€ 45.66

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AH; DNF; DSBB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Bucknell University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754351
ISBN
9780838754351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duquesne Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704678
ISBN
9780820704678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.39
€ 61.16

Paperback. Theatres of War is the first full-length study to be devoted to the 'Committed' theatre that flourished in modern France from 1944 to the mid-1950s. During this crucial decade, authors responded to the issues of their time by contributing a number of tense controversial plays to a distinctive genre of realist theatre. Editor(s): Freeman, E. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCQ; DSBB; DSBH; DSC; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press England
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895590
ISBN
9780859895590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.96

Paperback. Contains stories such as "Baby Doll" and "Something Unspoken". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190297
ISBN
9780141190297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.93

Hardcover. The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family. Series: Heinemann Plays for 14-16+. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435233105
ISBN
9780435233105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.65

Paperback. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. Her son Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and escape from his mother's suffocating embrace, while Laura, her daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Edition
17th Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190266
ISBN
9780141190266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. 'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday. His two sons have returned home for the occasion: Gooper, his wife and children, Brick, an ageing football hero who has turned to drink, and his feisty wife Maggie. This is a portrayal of family tensions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190280
ISBN
9780141190280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley. Editor(s): Browne, E. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141190273
ISBN
9780141190273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811211666
ISBN
9780811211666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.27

Paperback. Terence's Phormio , based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, the play provides an ideal introduction to the genre of New Comedy. Editor(s): Maltby, Robert. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686078
ISBN
9780856686078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613604
ISBN
9780691613604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.05

Paperback. Terence Hawkes looks at King Lear, Measure for Measure, A Midsmmer Night's Dream and Coriolanus, as examples from this century of how Shakespeare's plays function as a language through which we generate meaning. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 453. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0011619
ISBN
9780415074513
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Editor(s): Soufas, Teresa Scott. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Book Services Inc United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780813108896
ISBN
9780813108896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Premier Book Marketing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120102
ISBN
9780813120102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.76

Hardcover. The different versions of Hamlet constitute one of the most vexing puzzles in Shakespeare studies. In this groundbreaking work, Shakespeare scholar Terri Bourus argues that this puzzle can only be solved by drawing on multiple kinds of evidence and analysis, including book and theatre history, biography, performance studies, and close readings. Series: History of Text Technologies. Num Pages: 305 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137465610
ISBN
9781137465610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.13
€ 45.34

Paperback. This book explores theoretical and practical approaches to performing gender in contemporary Shakespeare productions. It focuses on contemporary practice, looking at how it is responding to a new cultural politics of gender and creating a critical language for understanding the performing of gender in the staging of Shakespeare's plays. Series: Shakespeare in Practice. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 1. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137408525
ISBN
9781137408525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

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