Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Hardcover. Reflections by the author of "Dancing at Lughnasa" on Irish writers, the theater, nationalism, Catholicism, and his childhood Editor(s): Editor. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472097104
- ISBN
- 9780472097104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.32
€ 103.32
Presents an exploration of both Shakespeare's works and his age. Focusing on six recurring prejudices in Shakespeare's plays - such as misogyny, elitism, distrust of effeminacy, and racism, this title examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries treated them. It reveals a playwright constantly exploiting and exploring his own personal stances. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300115765
- ISBN
- 9780300115765
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Condition: New
€ 74.01
€ 74.01
Hardcover. Here, essays use the latest theories in postcolonialism, globalization, and post-nationalism to explore how world cinema and theater respond to Bollywood's representation of Shakespeare. In this collection, Shakespeare is both part of an elite Western tradition and a window into a vibrant post-national identity founded by a global consumer culture. Editor(s): Dionne, Craig; Kapadia, Parmita. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 219 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386120
- ISBN
- 9781137386120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.50
€ 113.50
Hardcover. Employing psychoanalysis, trauma theory, and materialist perspectives, this book examines Shakespeare's appropriations of Ovid's poetry in his Roman poems and plays. It argues that Shakespeare uses Ovid to explore violence, trauma, and virtus - the traumatic effects of aggression, sadomasochism, and the shifting notions of selfhood and masculinity. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349910
- ISBN
- 9781137349910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.47
€ 102.47
Hardback. A timely book that identifies the practice of '(syn)aesthetics' in artistic style and audience response, which helps to articulate the power of experiential practice in the arts. This exciting new approach includes interviews with leading practitioners in of theatre, dance, site-specific work, live art and technological performance practice. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221277
- ISBN
- 9780230221277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.88
€ 96.88
paperback. Presents translations, in rhyming couplets, of all six extant plays by this Latin author, dating from the period 166-60 BC. This title offers a literary translation, the versions remain very close to Terence's texts; consequently they can be enjoyable to the general reader, and also great value to the student of classics. Translator(s): Clayton, Frederick. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897631
- ISBN
- 9780859897631
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Condition: New
€ 35.59
€ 35.59
Paperback. Though in later antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were for centuries thought to be irretrievably lost. Only in this century have instances begun to re-emerge from the sands of Egypt, and it was not until 1958 that a complete play, Dyskolos or The Bad-Tempered Man, came to light. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686115
- ISBN
- 9780856686115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.42
€ 42.42
Paperback. One of the messages that Emily Dickinson wanted to communicate to the world was her great love of William Shakespeare - her letters abound with references to him and his works. This book explores the many implications of her admiration for the Bard. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496705
- ISBN
- 9781558496705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.07
€ 48.07
Paperback. One of the film critics, a speechwriter on his own and for President Franklin D Roosevelt, a propagandist during World War II, and a producer on Broadway, Robert E Sherwood scripted some of the popular plays and films of his day. This biography traces his obsession with the world of politics and its effects on his life and art. Num Pages: 408 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496194
- ISBN
- 9781558496194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.50
€ 46.50
Hardcover. Kerwin (English, U. of Missouri, Columbia) offers five case studies in his consideration of how the field of medicine and its boundaries were affected by culture in the Renaissance, especially drama. Incorporating recent research on medical history and anthropology, he examines portrayals of five groups: drug sellers, women practitioners, surgical Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494824
- ISBN
- 9781558494824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.86
€ 43.86
Hardcover. Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) is generally acknowledged to be the master author of autos sacramentales, one-act pageant plays that usually dramatize the myths of the Fall and Redemption. Since the auto was supervised by both the church and the st Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557530981
- ISBN
- 9781557530981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.83
€ 41.83
Hardcover. Between 1585 and 1631, the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega wrote numerous plays dealing with the theme of conjugal honor. Drawing on recent feminist theories and touching on literary, social, and anthropological aspects, Yarbro-Bejarano (Spanish, Stanford U.) demonstrates that hierarchical relations Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557530448
- ISBN
- 9781557530448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
Hardcover. Attempts to demystify Shakespeare and his company by providing a clear vision of the dynamics of play production and playgoing in Shakespeare's England, taking Shakespeare and his company from the pedestal where they were placed by Victorian scholars. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557281913
- ISBN
- 9781557281913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.01
€ 48.01
Paperback. George Whalley's English translation of the Poetics breathes new life into the study of Aristotle's aesthetics by allowing the English-speaking student to experience the dynamic quality characteristic of Aristotle's arguments in the original Greek. Translator(s): Whalley, George. Num Pages: 224 pages, Edited by John Baxter and J.P. Atherton. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773516120
- ISBN
- 9780773516120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.24
€ 39.24
Hardback. Provides an overview of and introduction to the Towneley cycle of plays, a 32-play cycle written in c 1500, which begins with the fall of Lucifer and ends with the Last Judgement, and was performed as part of the festival of Corpus Christi in Wakefield. This volume examines the cycle's textual history, and discusses issues of language and style. Series: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320488
- ISBN
- 9780708320488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.75
€ 21.75
Hardback. A moving and genre-defying text, written after a great loss, that blurs the boundaries between writing and performance Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472110360
- ISBN
- 9780472110360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.47
€ 114.47
Hardcover. Horton Foote is one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. This book reflects upon his journey from his childhood in Wharton, Texas, through his early experiences as an actor in the theatre, to his mature vocation as a playwright. It identifies the people and influences that shaped his character and nurtured his art. Editor(s): Castleberry, Marion. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918954916
- ISBN
- 9780918954916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.74
€ 36.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Griffon House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918680846
- ISBN
- 9780918680846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.53
€ 12.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688331
- ISBN
- 9780856688331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.42
€ 42.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 407. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press oh
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821416228
- ISBN
- 9780821416228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63