Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

James Shirley was the last great dramatist of the English Renaissance, shining out among other luminaries such as...  Read More >>

Euripides’ Bacchae is the magnum opus of the ancient world’s most popular dramatist and the most modern, perhaps...  Read More >>

In Passing Judgement, Helene Bilis examines how an overlooked character-type-the royal judge-remained a constant...  Read More >>

The Theater of Experiment explores the crucial role of spectacle in the establishment of modern science. It analyzes...  Read More >>

Besides developing EFL learners’ English language skills, it also includes practical extended tasks that enhance...  Read More >>

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Award-winning screenwriters and filmmakers, including Ron Howard, Callie Khouri, Jonathan Demme, Ted Tally, Jenny...  Read More >>

The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Volume V is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition...  Read More >>

Shakespeare's habits of imitation revisit the practices of humanist pedagogy only to reveal significant contradictions...  Read More >>

"""In the wake of the fear that gripped Europe after the fall of Constantinople (1453), the English dramatists joined...  Read More >>

Explains the special effects used to represent storms in the early modern playhouses, and details how those effects...  Read More >>

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This book will stimulate scholarly interest in the Ukrainian language and literature that have faced numerous challenges...  Read More >>

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This volume is a major, ground-breaking study of the modernist E. E. Cummings' engagement with the classics. It...  Read More >>

This last volume in the acclaimed edition of The Letters of Samuel Beckett covers the last twenty-four years of...  Read More >>

A young boy and girl meet by chance and fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies, and in order...  Read More >>

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"""This translation renews the language of one of Shakespeare's most frequently staged tragedies for a modern audience""--"...  Read More >>

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The Oxfordian is an annual journal published during the fall by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship. Articles provide...  Read More >>

First new translation in 30 years and comprehensive commentary for over a century  Read More >>

Shakespeare's cinema of love addresses the question, how much has Shakespeare influenced modern film genres? Convincing...  Read More >>