Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Lois Potter
ISBN: 9781107195868
Format: Hardback
$203.28

For this updated critical edition of King Lear, Lois Potter has written a completely new introduction, taking account...  Read More >>

Dramatic Spaces: Scenography and Spectatorial Perceptions

Dramatic Spaces: Scenography and Spectatorial Perceptions...

Author: Jennifer Low (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367524456
Format: Paperback
$88.99

For literary scholars, plays are texts; for scenographers, plays are performances. Yet clearly a drama is both text...  Read More >>

Henry VI: Part 1: Large Print

Henry VI: Part 1: Large Print

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798655389298
Format: Paperback
$25.08

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The Modern Philosopher, Letters to Her Son and Verses on the Siege of Gibraltar, by Elizabeth Craven

The Modern Philosopher, Letters to Her Son and Verses...

Author: Julia Gasper
ISBN: 9781527550339
Format: Paperback
$176.75

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Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798643678649
Format: Paperback
$25.61

This Norton Critical Edition looks at the full range of opinion and interpretation of this major play from its origins...  Read More >>

As You Like It

As You Like It

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9798654151322
Format: Paperback
$26.32

This is a witty tale that plays with traditional gender roles whilst dealing with the politics of brotherhood. Feuding...  Read More >>

Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians

Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians

Author: Isabelle Torrance (Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark) ,  Thomas Harrison (Aarhus University Denmark)
ISBN: 9781849668910
Format: Paperback
$46.99

Provides background, context, plot summary and analysis, a survey of criticism and  of the reception of the play...  Read More >>

Art of the Fall

Art of the Fall

Author: Veronique Cote ,  Jean-Michel Girouard
ISBN: 9781771862110
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Irish Studies Now: Irish University Review, Volume 50, Issue 1

Irish Studies Now: Irish University Review, Volume 50,...

Author: Emilie Pine
ISBN: 9781474477598
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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Shakespeare and Money

Shakespeare and Money

Author: Graham Holderness, Holderness
ISBN: 9781789206722
Format: Paperback
$51.62

With chapters by leading scholars on the economic, financial and commercial ramifications of his work, this multifaceted...  Read More >>

Samuel Beckett and Trauma

Samuel Beckett and Trauma

Author: Mariko Hori Tanaka ,  Yoshiki Tajiri
ISBN: 9781526148094
Format: Paperback
$45.99

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Making Publics in Shakespeare's Playhouse

Making Publics in Shakespeare's Playhouse

Author: Paul Yachnin
ISBN: 9781474402064
Format: Hardback
$181.13

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Experimental Beckett: Contemporary Performance Practices

Experimental Beckett: Contemporary Performance Practices...

Author: Nicholas E. Johnson (Trinity College Dublin) ,  Jonathan Heron (University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9781108737791
Format: Paperback
$46.58

How do twenty-first century theatre practitioners negotiate the dynamics of tradition and innovation across the...  Read More >>

Understanding french literature: Perceval or the tale of the Grail: Analysis of the novel by Chrétien de Troyes

Understanding french literature: Perceval or the tale...

Author: Gloria Lauzanne
ISBN: 9798652587673
Format: Paperback
$23.47

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Victorian Epic Burlesques: A Critical Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Theatrical Entertainments after Homer

Victorian Epic Burlesques: A Critical Anthology of Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Dr Rachel Bryant Davies (Lecturer in Comparative Literature, QMUL, UK)
ISBN: 9781350160057
Format: Paperback
$66.99

This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege...  Read More >>

King Henry V: A Critical Reader

King Henry V: A Critical Reader

Author: Line Cottegnies (Sorbonne Universite, France) ,  Professor Karen Britland (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
ISBN: 9781350164796
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and Money

Shakespeare and Money

Author: Graham Holderness, Holderness
ISBN: 9781789206715
Format: Hardback
$316.80

With chapters by leading scholars on the economic, financial and commercial ramifications of his work, this multifaceted...  Read More >>

Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594

Early Shakespeare, 1588–1594

Author: Rory Loughnane (University of Kent, Canterbury) ,  Andrew J. Power
ISBN: 9781108495240
Format: Hardback
$243.23

A re-appraisal of Shakespeare's early career by leading scholars, including essays about the idea of 'early Shakespeare',...  Read More >>

Mr. Turbulent: A Critical Edition

Mr. Turbulent: A Critical Edition

Author: Jorge Blanco-Vacas ,  Manuel J. Gómez-Lara
ISBN: 9783034338417
Format: Paperback
$147.49

This critical edition offers a fully annotated modernized text of the Restoration comedy «Mr. Turbulent» . The introduction...  Read More >>

John Heywood: Comedy and Survival in Tudor England

John Heywood: Comedy and Survival in Tudor England

Author: Greg Walker (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9780198851516
Format: Hardback
$168.95

The first comprehensive scholarly biography of the Tudor playwright, poet, musician, singer, proverb-collector,...  Read More >>

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