Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Whereas traditional scholarship assumed that William Shakespeare used the medieval past as a negative foil to legitimate...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

William Shakespeare’s Sonnet Philosophy Vol. 1 demonstrates how Shakespeare structures his nature-based philosophy...  Read More >>

This title was first published in 1978.  Read More >>

Excerpt from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: With Introduction and Notes In front of the Castle of Elsinore, the residence...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece and John Donne's Holy Sonnets are read against the background of concepts...  Read More >>

This edition of Miller's classic tragedy brings the play alive for 14-16 students. With the clearest and most accessible...  Read More >>

Through a series of highly innovative visual forms, this original volume offers the reader an innovative approach...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare’s Sonnet Philosophy Vol. 1 demonstrates how Shakespeare structures his nature-based philosophy...  Read More >>

The editor aims at elucidating what may be obscure to the modern reader and at illuminating the meaning by parallels...  Read More >>

The editor aims at elucidating what may be obscure to the modern reader and at illuminating the meaning by parallels...  Read More >>

Exploring the rich range of meanings that Shakespeare finds in the natural world, this book fuses ecocritical approaches...  Read More >>

A unique book about how theatre practice impacts and informs productions of Shakespeare which will give students...  Read More >>

This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's plays were immensely popular in their own day -- so why do we refuse to think of them as mass entertainment?...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

FOR THE MANY NOT THE FEW Volume #6, with 20 authors & over 130 pages  Read More >>

The Bible has always enjoyed notoriety within the genres of crime fiction and drama; numerous authors have explicitly...  Read More >>

This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers...  Read More >>

Now available in paperback, Shakespeare and Postcolonial Theory is an up-to-date guide to contemporary debates in...  Read More >>

Alyssa Quint explores the early years of the modern Yiddish theater, from roughly 1876 to 1883, through the works...  Read More >>

A unique book about how theatre practice impacts and informs productions of Shakespeare which will give students...  Read More >>

Winner of the Janette Harley Prize 2019 Shakespeare on Record is a unique guide to major Shakespeare discoveries...  Read More >>

The book offers a critical study of Tennessee Williams's works on Swedish and French stages at the height of his...  Read More >>

Greek Memories aims to identify and examine the central concepts underlying the theories and practices of memory...  Read More >>