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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Features the plays "Misanthrope", "Such Preposterously Precious Ladies", "Tartuffe", "A Doctor Despite Himself", "The Would-Be Gentleman", and "Those Learned Ladies". Translator(s): Wood, John C.; Coward, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447309
ISBN
9780140447309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.49

Hardback. Translator(s): Rawlings, Elizabeth Trapnell. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801438301
ISBN
9780801438301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.25

Paperback. Frye draws on the Aristotelian notion of reversal, or peripeteia, to analyse the three plays commonly known as the 'problem comedies': Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, and Troilus and Cressida, showing how they anticipate the romances of Shakespeare's final period." Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802077813
ISBN
9780802077813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.08

paperback. An introductory section covering criticism and performances has been included in this updated edition of King Richard III. Editor(s): Lull, Janis. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 252 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 252 pages, 14 b/w illus. Editor(s): Lull, Janis. An introductory section covering criticism and performances has been included in this updated edition of King Richard III. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight: 412.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521735568
ISBN
9780521735568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. This updated edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor includes a response to arguments about the dating of the play. Editor(s): Crane, David. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 186 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 186 pages, 10 b/w illus. Editor(s): Crane, David. This updated edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor includes a response to arguments about the dating of the play. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight: 314.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521146814
ISBN
9780521146814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.63

Paperback. This second edition features a thoroughly revised and updated introduction, an updated reading list, and new illustrations. Editor(s): Dawson, Anthony B. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107571426
ISBN
9781107571426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.63

paperback. The third New Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, updated by Penny Gay for the contemporary student reader. Editor(s): Donno, Elizabeth Story. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107565463
ISBN
9781107565463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Fusing Marxist and capitalist perspectives in a manner that anticipates aspects of the current global market expansion, the author evokes a world in which nothing is private and everything is for sale. Translator(s): Rolleston, James; Evers, Kai. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326908
ISBN
9780822326908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.78

Hardcover. How can war be represented on stage? How does the theatre examine the structures leading to violence and war and explore their transformation of societies? Springing from the discussion about 'New Wars' in the age of globalisation, this interdisciplinary study demonstrates how these 'New Wars' bring forth new plays about war. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137330017
ISBN
9781137330017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Noh plays live on as a magnificent artistic heritage handed down from the high culture of medieval Japan. This book contains translations of nineteen plays and summaries of sixteen more, together with a revealing introductory essay that furnishes the background for an understanding and appreciation of the No as a highly significant dramatic form. Series: Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, , black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 283.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9784805310335
ISBN
9784805310335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.69

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

€ 52.06
€ 48.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Later Printing
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007724
ISBN
9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.64

Paperback. Offers a source of literary modernism in the twentieth century. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844673483
ISBN
9781844673483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.67

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198708735
ISBN
9780198708735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 42.15

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199668427
ISBN
9780199668427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

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

€ 64.41

Paperback. This book, now available for the first time in paperback, looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On a variety of subjects, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230250406
ISBN
9780230250406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Hardcover. This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230572560
ISBN
9780230572560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21

Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343269
ISBN
9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight: 166.
Publisher
Riverrun Pr
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714542836
ISBN
9780714542836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

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