Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Challenges standard accounts of Ibsen's career by introducing a wealth of new material about his Scandinavian contexts,...  Read More >>

Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, lived in the 4th century B.C. and is thought of as one of the most important...  Read More >>

The Revenger’s Tragedy (1606), now widely attributed to Thomas Middleton, is a play that provides a dark, satirical...  Read More >>

This Critical Companion provides a detailed study of the plays of the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist and situates...  Read More >>

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now repackaged in award-winning modern covers to inspire Shakespearians...  Read More >>

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now repackaged in award-winning modern covers to inspire Shakespearians...  Read More >>

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The definitive scholarly edition of Shakespeare's poems and sonnets.  Read More >>

""Synthesizes textual analysis, literary criticism, and historiography in pursuit of the haunting call and recall...  Read More >>

  Unrivalled School Shakespeare editions are ideal for use in class at Key Stages 3 and 4.  Read More >>

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The drama about the cruelties and excesses of the Roman court is accompanied by information about the play's background....  Read More >>

In this book, Franssen investigates the appearance of Shakespeare as a character in later literary genres, periods...  Read More >>

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio...  Read More >>

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Molière, often considered the 'godfather of Arab theatre', was first introduced to the Arab world in 1847 by Marun...  Read More >>

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This dark comedy, set in Verona, explores virtue and sin. Claudio has been arrested for getting his mistress pregnant-and...  Read More >>

Wild jealousy. Unfounded accusations. Death and rebirth. And, of course, ""Exeunt, chased by a bear""-one of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

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For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground. And tell sad stories of the death of kings. Shakespeare's poetic history...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's late tragedy about the Roman leader who ascends to power has much to say about politics, leadership,...  Read More >>

This supplement to the Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, amplifies and extends Volumes I-VII (A-Z), which appeared between...  Read More >>

This volume offers a fresh look at Spanish Baroque drama (centered on readings of plays by Lope de Vega and Calderón)...  Read More >>

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