Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 books

The first major study of the work of this ground-breaking, internationally renowned theatre company Cheek by Jowl...  Read More >>

This book enriches the fields of the Restoration and early eighteenth-century literary studies by integrating recent...  Read More >>

Spain alone produced a Renaissance drama comparable to that of England, yet the two nations were enemies, separated...  Read More >>

Spain alone produced a Renaissance drama comparable to that of England, yet the two nations were enemies, separated...  Read More >>

Brutal Reasoning looks at the ways in which humans were conceptualized, at what being ""human"" meant, and at how...  Read More >>

Revises established readings of the avant-gardes in Peru and Bolivia as humanizing and historical. By presenting...  Read More >>

This collection of essays examines the vogue for games and game playing as expressed in art, architecture, and literature...  Read More >>

Revises established readings of the avant-gardes in Peru and Bolivia as humanizing and historical. By presenting...  Read More >>

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Curious Encounters uncovers a rich history of global voyaging, collecting, and scientific exploration in the long...  Read More >>

This book addresses the issues of creation through an analysis of the quarrels that have shaken the Republic of...  Read More >>

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This book explores how the humoral womb was evoked, enacted, and embodied on the Shakespearean stage by considering...  Read More >>

Queer Shakespeare: Desire and Sexuality draws together 13 essays, which offer a major reassessment of the criticism...  Read More >>

With a Foreword by Sir Mark Rylance, this meticulously researched and penetrating study is a thought-provoking read...  Read More >>

It seeks to identify the place of occult activity and culture – in the form of curses, spells, future-telling, charms...  Read More >>

Impressive Shakespeare reassesses Shakespeare’s relationship with ""print culture"" in light of his plays’ engagement...  Read More >>

Figures of the Imagination explores the connections between musical scenes in romance fiction and the domestic song...  Read More >>

This genuinely unique edition textually demonstrates the evolution of a single theatrical theme, the story of Albania's...  Read More >>

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This book explores women writers’ involvement with the Gothic. The chapters show how Gothic themes told from a woman’s...  Read More >>

Why is America never as fascinating as when it is lost? This book is devoted to literary reinvention in bygone periods...  Read More >>

The Lettres ecrites des rives de l'Ohio chart the efforts of the Marquis de Lezay-Marnesia to create a patriarchal...  Read More >>