Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Hardcover. Examines the impact of the royal politics of amnesia on tragedy and national historiography in France. This study argues that the political and legislative process of forgetting internal differences, undertaken in France after the civil wars of the 16th century. It deals with historiography and tragedy in the era of the French Wars of Religion. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694396
- ISBN
- 9780748694396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.93€ 100.65
€ 104.93
€ 100.65
Paperback. Includes essay on Botticelli that traces the artist's sudden popularity in the nineteenth century for reasons that have more to do with poetry than painting. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226431758
- ISBN
- 9780226431758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.90
€ 20.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. This is a full-length study of the representation of contemporary warfare on the British stage and investigates the strategies deployed by theatre practitioners in Britain as they meet the representational challenges posed by the 'new wars' of the global era. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859899949
- ISBN
- 9780859899949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.17
€ 45.17
Hardcover. This is a full-length study of the representation of contemporary warfare on the British stage and investigates the strategies deployed by theatre practitioners in Britain as they meet the representational challenges posed by the 'new wars' of the global era. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859899932
- ISBN
- 9780859899932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.26
€ 138.26
Hardcover. An exploration of the way English literature has interacted with architectural edifices and the development of landscape as a national style from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. Analyzing texts in relation to cultural artefacts, each chapter demonstrates the self-conscious production of English consciousness as its most enduring history. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230020009
- ISBN
- 9780230020009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Shakespearean comedy has as much to do with the structure and movement of the drama as with the wit of its dialogue or the humour of its characters. This title contains four comedies wherein there is a near-tragic crisis at which disaster or happiness may ensue. Editor(s): Mahood, Professor M. M.; Wells, Stanley W.; Hibbard, G. R. Num Pages: 688 pages, notes, further reading list. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434545
- ISBN
- 9780140434545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.93
€ 17.99
€ 13.93
Paperback. Extracts from Homer, Antiphon, Euripides & Thucydidesare edited with individual introductions, comprehensive notes and vocabulary. Editor(s): Kennedy, Eberhard Christopher. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishing
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853995019
- ISBN
- 9781853995019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.28
€ 34.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. Editor(s): Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199540532
- ISBN
- 9780199540532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 8.87
€ 12.99
€ 8.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Delta
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780440504900
- ISBN
- 9780440504900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.77
€ 18.99
€ 13.77
Paperback. The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. This title contains four tragedies. Editor(s): Hunter, George; Spencer, T.; Muir, Kenneth; Hunter, G. K. Num Pages: 960 pages, notes, further reading list. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 960
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434583
- ISBN
- 9780140434583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
paperback. Editor(s): Amara, Radhouan Ben. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825867362
- ISBN
- 9783825867362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Though only one of Burney's dramas as performed in her lifetime, this text places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, declaring that in exposing the failure of such institutions as marriage and the church, Burney's dramas often exceed her novels in their social commentary. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120225
- ISBN
- 9780813120225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560727347
- ISBN
- 9781560727347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.63
€ 30.99
€ 22.63
Hardback. This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bradby, David; Capon, Susanna. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897488
- ISBN
- 9780859897488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.18
€ 137.18
Paperback. This is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bradby, David; Capon, Susanna. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AN; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897495
- ISBN
- 9780859897495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.32
€ 36.32
Hardback. The nineteen essays presented in this volume reflect the development of English Renaissance studies in France over the past fifteen years. Interests run from textual history to drama and theatre poetics, myth, and iconography. Editor(s): Willems, Michele. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874135329
- ISBN
- 9780874135329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.75
€ 141.75
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585103089
- ISBN
- 9781585103089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.32
€ 15.99
€ 13.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 159 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231054409
- ISBN
- 9780231054409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.60€ 77.70
€ 102.60
€ 77.70
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
€ 33.99€ 24.06
€ 33.99
€ 24.06
Paperback. What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time say about performance? How have printed plays been read and interpreted? This collection, now available in paperback, considers the evidence of early modern printed plays and their histories of production and reception, from early performance to the psychology of Hamlet. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210134
- ISBN
- 9780230210134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933430
- ISBN
- 9781403933430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Editor(s): Holland, Peter; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933423
- ISBN
- 9781403933423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
paperback. Explores such themes as philosophy versus poetry, post-World War II German thought, art, tradition, and truth in a collection of essays. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691013671
- ISBN
- 9780691013671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 30.73
€ 45.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. When do we start going to war and why? And what did it mean to go to war from World War I to World War II and beyond, in Italy, before and after Mussolini, before and after, that is, that warring spirit of the age which keeps nations in fighting mode? This book explores these questions. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Pap/DVD Bl
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668724
- ISBN
- 9780748668724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.14
€ 31.99
€ 29.14