Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Shakespeare’s Ruins and Myth of Rome

Shakespeare’s Ruins and Myth of Rome

Author: Maria Del Sapio Garbero
ISBN: 9780367559106
Format: Hardback
$336.00

This is the first book of its kind to address Shakespeare’s relationship with Rome’s authoritative myth, archaeologically,...  Read More >>

Tyranny and Usurpation: The New Prince and Lawmaking Violence in Early Modern Drama

Tyranny and Usurpation: The New Prince and Lawmaking...

Author: Doyeeta Majumder
ISBN: 9781800854680
Format: Paperback
$130.65

This book investigates the political, legal, historical circumstances under which the ‘tyrant’ of early Tudor drama...  Read More >>

'Mantle of the Expert' Through Shakespeare: Dorothy Heathcote Guides Life Learning for Motor Vehicle Mechanics, Takes Shakespeare Workshops and Inspires Music for Special Needs Pupils

'Mantle of the Expert' Through Shakespeare: Dorothy...

Author: Wendy MacPhee
ISBN: 9781838128340
Format: Paperback
$38.79

This book records the work of a teacher making Shakespeare's plays accessible to college students, including motor...  Read More >>

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354626999
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Viola survives a shipwreck, but she thinks her twin brother Sebastian has died.  Read More >>

Othello

Othello

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354629617
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Towering tragedy tells the story of a Moorish general who earns the enmity of his ensign Iago when he passes him...  Read More >>

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354627583
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Rome is in turmoil. With the Emperor dead, his two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, quarrel over who should succeed...  Read More >>

As You Like It

As You Like It

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354627071
Format: Paperback
$29.01

In this second edition of Shakespeare's As You Like It, Michael Hattaway accounts for what makes this play both...  Read More >>

The Tempest

The Tempest

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354629662
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Combining reality and magic, Shakespeare creates an uncanny but morally coherent world through the The Tempest's...  Read More >>

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354627422
Format: Paperback
$29.01

This farce follows Sir John Falstaff--of the Henry IV plays--as he tries to woo two wealthy married women in this...  Read More >>

Hamlet

Hamlet

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354629587
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Hamlet, Shakespeare’s most famous play, is now available in an all-new, illustrated Norton Critical Edition.  Read More >>

The Taming of The Shrew

The Taming of The Shrew

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354627149
Format: Paperback
$29.01

In one of Shakespeare's bawdier comedies, contemporary audiences still take great pleasure in the rapid-fire verbal...  Read More >>

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354627507
Format: Paperback
$31.65

A new edition of Shakespeare's late romantic tragicomedy, Cymbeline.  Read More >>

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354629679
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Great tragedy based on Plutarch's account of the lives of Brutus, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Evil plotting,...  Read More >>

The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9789354627262
Format: Paperback
$26.37

This new edition of Shakespeare's anarchic comedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed...  Read More >>

Goethe's Faust

Goethe's Faust

Author: John R. Williams
ISBN: 9780367438401
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Goethe and the Philosopher’s Stone: Symbolical Patterns in 'The Parable' and the Second Part of 'Faust'

Goethe and the Philosopher’s Stone: Symbolical Patterns...

Author: Alice Raphael
ISBN: 9780367856588
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Georg Büchner

Georg Büchner

Author: A. H. J. Knight
ISBN: 9780367856175
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Class, Culture and Tragedy in the Plays of Jez Butterworth

Class, Culture and Tragedy in the Plays of Jez Butterworth...

Author: Sean McEvoy
ISBN: 9783030627133
Format: Paperback
$316.77

Tracing the development of Butterworth’s work chronologically from Mojo (1995) to The Ferryman (2017), each chapter...  Read More >>

Twentieth Century American Literature: Edward Albee

Twentieth Century American Literature: Edward Albee...

Author: Harold Bloom
ISBN: 9798887253732
Format: Hardback
$118.80

The landmark Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism, first published in the 1980s, is one of the most impressive...  Read More >>

French Theatre, Orientalism, and the Representation of India, 1770-1865: India Lost and Regained

French Theatre, Orientalism, and the Representation...

Author: David Hammerbeck
ISBN: 9780367644260
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The Catastrophist

The Catastrophist

Author: Lauren Gunderson
ISBN: 9781350289086
Format: Paperback
$21.99

A time-jumping tale based on the life and work of Nathan Wolfe, a pandemic expert and virologist that speaks to...  Read More >>

Aristophanic Humour: Theory and Practice

Aristophanic Humour: Theory and Practice

Author: Peter Swallow (King’s College London, UK) ,  Edith Hall (University of Durham, UK)
ISBN: 9781350194854
Format: Paperback
$61.99

""First published in Great Britain 2020""--Title page verso.  Read More >>

Pussy Sludge

Pussy Sludge

Author: Gracie Gardner
ISBN: 9781350289000
Format: Paperback
$21.99

An award-winning, tender exploration of questioning authority, suspending shame through intimacy, and very bad advice....  Read More >>

Global Queer Plays: Seven LGBTQ+ Works From Around the World

Global Queer Plays: Seven LGBTQ+ Works From Around the...

Author: Danish Sheikh ,  Jeton Neziraj
ISBN: 9781350291614
Format: Paperback
$44.99

A unique anthology bringing together stories of queer life from international playwrights, these seven plays showcase...  Read More >>

Eugene O'Neill Remembered

Eugene O'Neill Remembered

Author: Brenda Murphy ,  George Monteiro
ISBN: 9780817360450
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Offers new views into the playwright's life by capturing the direct memories of those who were close to him through...  Read More >>

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