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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Paperback. Series: Modern Theatre Guides. 144 pages, illustrations. "Blasted" has been labelled as one of the landmark plays of post-war British theatre. This guide provides a critical introduction to "Blasted", giving students an overview of the play's significance, a brief biography of Sarah Kane and a guide to socio-political background; and, an analysis of the play's structure, style and characters. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight: 154.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826492036
ISBN
9780826492036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.19

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474277396
ISBN
9781474277396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. Approaching the tragedies as drama, wondering about their characters as he might have wondered about people in novels or in life, the author gives us a true sense of 'the tragedies joining up with life, with all our lives; leading us into a perspective of possibilities that stretch forward and back in time, and in our total awareness of things. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140530193
ISBN
9780140530193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Shakespearean author and actor Ben Crystal gives a unique introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream with guidance on what to think about before, during and after you see or study the play. Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408164631
ISBN
9781408164631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266. Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 224 pages. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight: 260.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520049574
ISBN
9780520049574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.97

Paperback. Series: Critical Companions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 319.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408185858
ISBN
9781408185858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559362627
ISBN
9781559362627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477904
ISBN
9780801477904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.53

Paperback. A masterpiece of Russian drama, now in a student edition Translator(s): Frayn, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413774712
ISBN
9780413774712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS; YND; YQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472599612
ISBN
9781472599612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.55

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719076732
ISBN
9780719076732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.99

Paperback. The true biography of Shakespeare is in the plays. The great English tragedies were all written in the first decade of the seventeenth century. They are often in language that is difficult to us, and must have been hard even for contemporaries. How and why did Shakespeare's language develop as it did? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140285925
ISBN
9780140285925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Prescott, Paul; Sullivan, Erin. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472520326
ISBN
9781472520326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Oliver, H. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536528
ISBN
9780199536528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Braunmuller, A. R. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537143
ISBN
9780199537143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417716
ISBN
9781474417716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.52
€ 107.02

Paperback. This is a concise handbook full of playwrighting experience. Spencer presents a coherent way of thinking about playwriting that addresses the important principles of structure, includes writing exercises that build upon one another, and trouble-shoots recurrent problems that playwrights face. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571199914
ISBN
9780571199914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198275
ISBN
9781845198275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.03

Paperback. The play script of Jonson's satirical farce, including an extensive introduction, with biographical notes and information about the staging of the play, as well as detailed notes beneath the text on each page. Editor(s): Cook, Elizabeth. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408110201
ISBN
9781408110201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.29

Hardback. Breath (1969) is the focus and the only theatrical text examined in this study, which demonstrates how the piece became emblematic of the interdisciplinary exchanges that occur in Beckett's later writings, and of the cross-fertilisation of the theatre with the visual arts. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism, Drama and Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421645
ISBN
9781474421645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.76
€ 101.56

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