Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

“You name something, you change what it is, who it belongs to People do it everywhere they go: new names Not one...  Read More >>

The first single-volume, modernized edition of this underrated dramatic gem in over a century. First published in...  Read More >>

Hyde Park is a striking Caroline example of London city comedy. This critical edition unpicks its valuable insights...  Read More >>

""Following the events of the final two years of his life, Richard II begins to lose grip of his throne and strives...  Read More >>

Tartuffe was banned immediately after its first performance and had to wait five years before it was permitted again....  Read More >>

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Explores Shakespeare’s history and Roman plays to find the raw materials of English national consciousness and identity....  Read More >>

‘...the history of this pub, the possibilities of what once could have happened in this room in which we’re now...  Read More >>

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I was the eyes and she was the body I mean that sounds poetic but really that’s how it worked Girl meets anatomical...  Read More >>

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Shakespeare and Law is a reading of law and legal issues within the works of William Shakespeare. The book shows...  Read More >>

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Shakespeare, Lee Oser argues, is a Christian literary artist who criticises and challenges Christians, but who does...  Read More >>

Crossing the boundaries between literature, philosophy and theology, Shakespeare and the Grace of Words pioneers...  Read More >>

Argues that Hamlet's famous phrase not only underscores the blurred boundaries between the warring Protestantism...  Read More >>

The relationship between the drama text and the theatre text as well as the differences between the stage variants...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

Some guys listen to music, some guys like to sing. I like to work people out. Rainer is a solitary delivery rider,...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission...  Read More >>

This book shows how Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days changed the global imagination. Through his novel,...  Read More >>

I’ve been trying to remember a story. Can you help me? A long time ago our ancestors told it to us. I think it has...  Read More >>