Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

23838 books were found.

Shakespeare and Beckett

Shakespeare and Beckett

Author: Claudia Olk (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen)
ISBN: 9781009077200
Format: Paperback
$59.49

This book is the first monograph to study the rich correspondences between the works of William Shakespeare and...  Read More >>

Le Theatre d'Alphonse Daudet: Des Succes Oublies

Le Theatre d'Alphonse Daudet: Des Succes Oublies

Author: Bernard Urbani ,  Jean-Claude Ternaux
ISBN: 9782406184911
Format: Hardback
$240.24

The studies presented in this book examine the theatrical works of Alphonse Daudet, which are somewhat forgotten...  Read More >>

Theatre Et Ethique En Europe Sous l'Ancien Regime

Theatre Et Ethique En Europe Sous l'Ancien Regime

Author: Sandrine Berregard ,  Francesco D'Antonio
ISBN: 9782406176787
Format: Hardback
$258.72

Because European theatre from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries appealed to characters, each of whom was...  Read More >>

August Wilson in Context

August Wilson in Context

Author: Khalid Y. Long (Howard University, Washington DC) ,  Isaiah Matthew Wooden (Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781009363211
Format: Hardback
$232.88

The authoritative guide to the singular career and artistic legacy of one of America's most celebrated playwrights,...  Read More >>

Tragedy as a Travelling Form: Itineraries from Thespis to Today

Tragedy as a Travelling Form: Itineraries from Thespis...

Author: Dr Philipp Lammers (University of Konstanz, Germany) ,  Prof. Dr. Juliane Vogel (University of Konstanz, Germany)
ISBN: 9781350466364
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Covering a broad historical spectrum from Greek Antiquity to the 21st century, this open access book asks how tragedy's...  Read More >>

In The Theater of Love: Rediscovering the Exceptional Shakespeare

In The Theater of Love: Rediscovering the Exceptional...

Author: Thomas P Brackshaw
ISBN: 9781736752289
Format: Paperback
$44.75

In The Theater of Love doesn't assume any familiarity with Shakespeare's plays, Elizabethan history, Renaissance...  Read More >>

A Shoddy Detective and the Art of Deception

A Shoddy Detective and the Art of Deception

Author: Mitch Donaldson ,  Becky Bartram
ISBN: 9781350587168
Format: Paperback
$21.99

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In The Theater of Love: Rediscovering the Exceptional Shakespeare

In The Theater of Love: Rediscovering the Exceptional...

Author: Thomas P Brackshaw
ISBN: 9781736752296
Format: Hardback
$60.59

In The Theater of Love doesn't assume any familiarity with Shakespeare's plays, Elizabethan history, Renaissance...  Read More >>

Performing Girls and Women: Medieval to Early Modern and Beyond

Performing Girls and Women: Medieval to Early Modern...

Author: Deanne Williams
ISBN: 9789048562558
Format: Hardback
$331.20

This collection of essays brings together well-established authorities,...  Read More >>

The Constant Wife

The Constant Wife

Author: W. Somerset Maugham ,  Laura Wade (Author, British playwright)
ISBN: 9781350584594
Format: Paperback
$21.99

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Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature: Reforming Contentment

Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature:...

Author: Paul Joseph Zajac (McDaniel College )
ISBN: 9781009271707
Format: Paperback
$59.49

The first full-length study of early modern contentment, this book examines the intersection of this guiding principle...  Read More >>

Writing Forward: Translation, Performance, Creativity

Writing Forward: Translation, Performance, Creativity...

Author: Susan Bassnett ,  Piotr Blumczynski
ISBN: 9781032900667
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This collection of essays by a team of internationally respected researchers at the cutting edge of translation...  Read More >>

Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare's First Folio

Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare's First Folio

Author: Thomas Hubeart
ISBN: 9798891129689
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Shakespeare's First Folio has become one of the most famous books of all time but does not stand alone; it followed...  Read More >>

Press

Press

Author: Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller
ISBN: 9781350582101
Format: Paperback
$21.99

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Residual Figuration in Samuel Beckett and Alberto Giacometti

Residual Figuration in Samuel Beckett and Alberto Giacometti...

Author: Lin Li
ISBN: 9781781886663
Format: Paperback
$43.56

In 1945, Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) brought back to Paris six matchboxes filled with the work...  Read More >>

Last Scene of All: Representing Death on the Western Stage

Last Scene of All: Representing Death on the Western...

Author: Jessica Goodman
ISBN: 9781781886908
Format: Paperback
$48.84

Death in classical tragedy is an ending: a symbolic moment of catharsis, read by the audience according to theatrical...  Read More >>

Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare's First Folio

Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare's First Folio

Author: Thomas Hubeart
ISBN: 9798891129702
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Shakespeare's First Folio has become one of the most famous books of all time but does not stand alone; it followed...  Read More >>

Lope de Vega: «The Trial of Wits» / «La prueba de los ingenios»: Annotated Bilingual Spanish/English Edition

Lope de Vega: «The Trial of Wits» / «La prueba de los...

Author: Rafael Bejarano ,  Marcella Salvi
ISBN: 9781636676692
Format: Hardback
$250.67

This book presents an annotated edition and English translation of Lope de Vega’s La prueba de los ingenios. The...  Read More >>

54.60 Africa

54.60 Africa

Author: Femi Elufowoju jr, OBE
ISBN: 9781350589315
Format: Paperback
$21.99

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Die Berner Trilogie: Erstedition Und Kommentar

Die Berner Trilogie: Erstedition Und Kommentar

Author: Bjorn Reich ,  Bjorn Reich
ISBN: 9783757400897
Format: Hardback
$192.72

Die Berner Trilogie ist ein ausserordentliches Beispiel des reformierten geistlichen Spiels; ihre Edition liefert...  Read More >>

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