Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback. A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801861000
- ISBN
- 9780801861000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.12
€ 31.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. Wang Yun (1749-1819) was a famous playwright in imperial China. Her play "A Dream of Glory" is a significant full length chaunqi written by a woman about a woman's dream and desire. This volume provides an English translation with detailed annotations and introduction of traditional Chinese women's drama. Translator(s): Wu, Qingyun. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629963095
- ISBN
- 9789629963095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.47
€ 53.47
Paperback. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848425354
- ISBN
- 9781848425354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.22
€ 26.22
Hardcover. Focuses on the influence of major European Enlightenment and romantic writers on the afterlife of Shakespeare. This book assesses the contribution of Voltaire, Goethe, Schlegel and Coleridge to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Editor(s): Paulin, Roger. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826431233
- ISBN
- 9780826431233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.50€ 183.61
€ 208.50
€ 183.61
Hardback. This volume brings torether poetics and psychology to study the tragic chorus in Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus". Employing a flexible combination of Lacanian and object-relations psychoanalytic theory, Travis investigates the tragic text's conception of the problems of human existence. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847696086
- ISBN
- 9780847696086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.10
€ 179.10
Paperback. This volume brings torether poetics and psychology to study the tragic chorus in Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus". Employing a flexible combination of Lacanian and object-relations psychoanalytic theory, Travis investigates the tragic text's conception of the problems of human existence. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847696093
- ISBN
- 9780847696093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.31
€ 74.31
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651163
- ISBN
- 9780691651163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.89
€ 154.89
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640389
- ISBN
- 9780691640389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.54
€ 199.54
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691624594
- ISBN
- 9780691624594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.36
€ 59.36
Hardback. First comprehensive biography of R.C. Sherriff - an important 20th-century literary figure for over 30 years Num Pages: 388 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 190 x 39. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473860698
- ISBN
- 9781473860698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.90
€ 32.99
€ 23.90
Paperback. Originally published: New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1999. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSB; DSG; HRGS; JFFK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156554
- ISBN
- 9780231156554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardback. This collection of essays is the first to reassess a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought. Editor(s): Knowles, Ronald. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711415
- ISBN
- 9780333711415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.23
€ 186.23
paperback. This collection of essays is the first to reassess a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought. Editor(s): Knowles, Ronald. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333711422
- ISBN
- 9780333711422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.21
€ 186.21
Hardback. Offering theatrically informed readings of plays by a broad range of Renaissance dramatists including Marlowe, Jonson, Marston, Webster, Middleton and Ford, this volume addresses the question of pleasure: both erotic pleasure and aesthetic pleasure. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 294 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333995570
- ISBN
- 9780333995570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.25
€ 64.25
Paperback. Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance from multiple perspectives and various compositional strategies. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: AS; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781611322873
- ISBN
- 9781611322873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.47
€ 49.99
€ 48.47
Hardback. Argument was the basis of Renaissance education - both rhetoric and dialectic permeated early modern Humanist culture, including drama. This study approaches Shakespeare's history plays by analyzing the use of argument in them and examining the importance of argument in Renaissance culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970218
- ISBN
- 9780333970218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Hardback. In this text, the author considers the culture of suffering, loss, and guilt in the work of J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey and Samuel Beckett. He applies external ideas of tragedy to the three dramatists and also discerns particular sorts of tragedy within their own work. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333923931
- ISBN
- 9780333923931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
hardcover. Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781575911595
- ISBN
- 9781575911595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.13
€ 128.13
Paperback. Bringing Shakespeare back to life Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 211.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851687893
- ISBN
- 9781851687893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.30
€ 13.99
€ 11.30
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645612
- ISBN
- 9780691645612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.99
€ 186.99
Hardback. The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell'Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649118
- ISBN
- 9781442649118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.26
€ 72.26
Paperback. A photographic journey into the imaginative world of Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 128 pages, 72 color illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 242 x 14. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339482
- ISBN
- 9780393339482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.10
€ 29.99
€ 25.10
Hardcover. Many people today first encounter staged Shakespeare in an open-air setting. This book traces the history of open-air Shakespeares in Australia to investigate why the anomaly of adapting 400-year old plays under Australian skies exerts such a strong appeal. Series: Global Shakespeares. Num Pages: 131 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426857
- ISBN
- 9781137426857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. A remarkable work that recovers the songs Shakespeare's audiences actually heard and brings them to life through performance. Num Pages: 528 pages, 49 illustrations, 500 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVQS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 259 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- HAR/COM
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393058895
- ISBN
- 9780393058895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.04
€ 51.99
€ 43.04