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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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Literary studies: plays & playwrights

hardcover. An illustrated introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, written by one of its most distinguished experts, which provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the dramas. A special feature is an individual essay on every one of the surviving 33 plays. Num Pages: 432 pages, 41 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
413
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199232512
ISBN
9780199232512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.40

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862077300
ISBN
9781862077300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.22

Paperback. The memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Methuen
Condition
New
SKU
KOG0000415
ISBN
9780413771681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardback. Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ fine in mylar
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0001308
ISBN
9780271015774
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. This volume of essays, arising from lectures given at the Synge Summer School, sets about the task of interpreting Synge, his relation to cultural and theatrical contexts, the significance of his plays, the quality of his language and the thematic matrices of his work. Editor(s): Grene, Nicholas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901866476
ISBN
9781901866476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 17.10

Hardcover. This biography explores the life and work of Denis Johnston, barrister, theatre director, film-maker, pioneering television producer, war correspondent, essayist and celebrated playwright. Bernard Adams brings light to the extraordinary secret life of a complex, self-doubting individual. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736. Clean copy fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000203
ISBN
9781901866674
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lunney explores Marlowe's engagement with the traditions of the popular stage in the 1580s and early 1590s and offers a new approach to his major plays in terms of staging and audience response, as well as providing a new account of English drama in these important but largely neglected years. Series Editor(s): Edmondson, Paul; White, Martin. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719083228
ISBN
9780719083228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.93

Paperback. Series: Macmillan modern Shakespeare. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 276 x 210. Weight in Grams: 295. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Price clipped from edge of front cover
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Number of pages
112
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0000831
ISBN
9780333398845
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.04

Paperback. A new translation of a long-neglected Greek drama that has become increasingly popular in classrooms and on the stage. The two editors, Alan Shapiro and Peter Burian, a poet and classicist, collaborated previously on The Oresteia. This is the final volume of the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series. Editor(s): Burian, Peter. Translator(s): Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and previous owners name written in pen on title page
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEA0000122
ISBN
9780195179101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.72

Paperback. A transcript of the first original play by a woman to be published in England. Included with the play is a biography, also written in the 1600s, by one of the playwright's daughters, which enriches contemporary knowledge of both domestic and religious conflict in the 17th century. Editor(s): Weller, Barry; Ferguson, Margaret W. Num Pages: 344 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520079694
ISBN
9780520079694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.53

Paperback. This anthology of four plays is the first publication in English of the work of Olivier Py (born in 1965). The volume includes introductions, a bibliography and notes, and, as an appendix, an article by Barbara Mason and Susan Mason, reviewing one of Olivier Py's plays. Editor(s): Edney, David. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761832263
ISBN
9780761832263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816672950
ISBN
9780816672950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

Paperback. Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Conolly, Leonard. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 208 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Conolly, Leonard. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 208 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small nick to cover. Lightly foxed, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0002422
ISBN
9780713679977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.12

Paperback. An active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom. Editor(s): Coles, Jane; Gibson, Rex. Series Editor(s): Gibson, Rex. Series: Cambridge School Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 line figures 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KL; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0002979
ISBN
9780521425063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Saddlemyer, Ann. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000322
ISBN
9780199538058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.17

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311400
ISBN
9780746311400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.95

Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others. Series Editor(s): Barry, Peter; McLeod, John. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719064234
ISBN
9780719064234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence, the majority previously unpublished, for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households; and it then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719065446
ISBN
9780719065446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover. Together, O'Quinn's two books offer a dramatic account of the global shifts in British imperial culture that will be of interest to scholars in theater and performance studies, eighteenth-century studies, Romanticism, and trans-Atlantic studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780801899317
ISBN
9780801899317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover. An examination of the themes in Shakespeare's plays, following on from Robert Fallon's "Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare". Fallon discusses the revelations about human nature that give the plays substance, weight and such an enduring quality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634571
ISBN
9781566634571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.52

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