Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback. A Student Edition of Brecht's classic parable, set in an unjust society where good can only survive by means of evil. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes. Editor(s): Ryland, Charlotte; Kuhn, Tom; Gwyer, Kirstin. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408100073
- ISBN
- 9781408100073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.31
€ 14.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. In John Willett's translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases Editor(s): Rorrison, Hugh. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b&w photographs of stage productions. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413577801
- ISBN
- 9780413577801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.12
€ 14.99
€ 14.12
Hardback. Comparatively little is known about Shakespeare's first audiences. This study argues that the Elizabethan audience is an essential part of Shakespeare as a site of cultural meaning, and that the way criticism thinks of early modern theatregoers is directly related to the way it thinks of, and uses, the Bard himself. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379955
- ISBN
- 9781137379955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.70
€ 111.70
Paperback. "The Jew of Malta" was influential on Shakespeare when he came to write "The Merchant of Venice", the play exploring anti-Semitism and revenge. An introduction discusses the significance of this play, with detailed commentary provided for meanings of difficult words, lines and references. Editor(s): Bevington, David. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719051807
- ISBN
- 9780719051807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.02
€ 22.02
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474415118
- ISBN
- 9781474415118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.35€ 101.47
€ 104.35
€ 101.47
Paperback. From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780007197903
- ISBN
- 9780007197903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.86
€ 11.99
€ 5.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 63 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 63
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559363242
- ISBN
- 9781559363242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. A new interpretation of Sophocles' Antigone, exploring the intertwined history of law, politics, gender and humanism. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107668157
- ISBN
- 9781107668157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.17
€ 32.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Collection of essays and interviews by the editor of PAJ Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- PAJ Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555540777
- ISBN
- 9781555540777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.27
€ 26.27
Hardback. Demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts points to a deep engagement with the law's technical workings, its underlying premises, and its social effects. This book considers Shakespeare's awareness of common law thinking and practice through examinations of Measure for Measure and Othella. Editor(s): Cormack, Bradin; Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924939
- ISBN
- 9780226924939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.73€ 76.88
€ 92.73
€ 76.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Cormack, Bradin; Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 341 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS; LAZ; LNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226378565
- ISBN
- 9780226378565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.59
€ 26.99
€ 21.59
Paperback. Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish Culture, now available in paperback, is a seminal collection of essays, written by an international cohort of scholars, that addresses the complex and exciting intersections of Irish and performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425713
- ISBN
- 9781137425713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780099365006
- ISBN
- 9780099365006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.49
€ 14.99
€ 10.49
Paperback. The Revenger's Tragedy is a famous Elizabethan tragedy set in a dissolute Renaissance court in Italy, a maelstrom of vice and intrigue. In this new edition, students will find a wealth of information to support their studies: an extended introduction and numerous notes and explanations throughout. Editor(s): Gibbons, Professor Brian. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713682847
- ISBN
- 9780713682847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.12
€ 14.99
€ 14.12
hardcover. This book re-evaluates the relationship between Renaissance dramatists and literary posterity by examining their work in relation to post-Reformation ideas about memorialization. Num Pages: 236 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107123472
- ISBN
- 9781107123472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.04€ 76.84
€ 105.04
€ 76.84
Hardcover. This volume offers critical and theoretical perspectives on some of the major figures in European drama in the 20th century. These essays combine contemporary theory with a discussion of the dramatic work and theories of theatre and drama of the playwrights who created modern drama in Europe. Editor(s): Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532843
- ISBN
- 9780333532843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardcover. In the 1980s influential scholars argued that Shakespeare revised King Lear in light of theatrical performance, resulting in two texts by the bard's own hand. The two-text theory hardened into orthodoxy. Here Sir Brian Vickers makes the case that Shakespeare did not cut his original text. At stake is the way his greatest play is read and performed. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504844
- ISBN
- 9780674504844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12€ 48.08
€ 52.12
€ 48.08
hardcover. For over two centuries, scholars have discussed the evidence that Shakespeare worked with co-authors on several plays, and have used a variety of methods to differentiate their shares from his. This study takes up and extends these discussions, presenting an evidence. Num Pages: 576 pages, 5 halftones and numerous tables. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1131.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199256532
- ISBN
- 9780199256532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.11
€ 130.11
Paperback. A study of one of the most enduring mysteries in world theatre: the nature, structure and purpose of the first and no longer extant version of his most controversial play, Le Tartuffe. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085840
- ISBN
- 9780719085840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.05
€ 46.05
Paperback. A new type of study guide which combines an exploratrion of Shakespeare's language with. specific help for students looking to develop their own critical responses and skills. Brinda Charry offers both a lively critical account of The Tempest and practical ideas on how best to engage with and write about this ever popular play. Series: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004817
- ISBN
- 9781408152898
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95