Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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The Text, the Play, and the Globe: Essays on Literary Influence in Shakespeare's World and His Work in Honor of Charles R. Forker

The Text, the Play, and the Globe: Essays on Literary...

Author: Joseph Candido ,  Leeds Barroll
ISBN: 9781611478211
Format: Hardback
$256.16

This book explores the many different ways that we can understand the concept of “literary influence,” considering...  Read More >>

Jane Eyre: ou Les mémoires d'une institutrice

Jane Eyre: ou Les mémoires d'une institutrice

Author: Andrea Gouveia ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535471213
Format: Paperback
$41.63

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The Trial

The Trial

Author: Andrea Gouveia ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535473149
Format: Paperback
$22.55

The Trial is one of the central works of modern literature. This meticulous new translation includes the chapters...  Read More >>

Villette

Villette

Author: Andrea Gouveia ,  Charlotte Brontë
ISBN: 9781535472173
Format: Paperback
$40.71

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Shirley

Shirley

Author: Charlotte Bronte ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535471381
Format: Paperback
$46.12

A spirited heiress marries the brother of a Yorkshire mill owner who produces laborsaving devices that cause unemployment...  Read More >>

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author: Monsieur Oscar Wilde ,  Alicar Regges
ISBN: 9781535448901
Format: Paperback
$23.55

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

Sotto Voce

Sotto Voce

Author: Nilo Cruz
ISBN: 9781559365062
Format: Paperback
$39.47

An exquisite new drama from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Anna in the Tropics  Read More >>

When Heroes Sing: Sophocles and the Shifting Soundscape of Tragedy

When Heroes Sing: Sophocles and the Shifting Soundscape...

Author: Sarah Nooter (University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9781316613474
Format: Paperback
$82.80

This book uses close readings of the Greek texts to examine the lyrical voice of Sophocles' heroes and to argue...  Read More >>

The Humans

The Humans

Author: Stephen Karam ,  Samuel G. Freedman
ISBN: 9781559365420
Format: Paperback
$47.39

An updated, revised edition of the Broadway hit.  Read More >>

Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy

Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy

Author: Renaud Gagné (University of Cambridge) ,  Marianne Govers Hopman (Northwestern University, Illinois)
ISBN: 9781316613566
Format: Paperback
$98.32

A collection of essays exploring how the choruses of Greek tragedy creatively combined media and discourses to generate...  Read More >>

King John

King John

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535417716
Format: Paperback
$22.55

Under the rule of King John, England is forced into war when the French challenge the legitimacy of John's claim...  Read More >>

Hamlet: Drama em cinco actos

Hamlet: Drama em cinco actos

Author: Andrea Gouveia ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535410021
Format: Paperback
$22.55

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Hamlet: Prinz von Dannemark

Hamlet: Prinz von Dannemark

Author: Andrea Gouveia ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535409773
Format: Paperback
$22.55

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Hamlet

Hamlet

Author: Jhon Duran ,  William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781535427913
Format: Paperback
$20.83

"Following the Almeida's recent sold out run, Robert Icke's new production of Hamlet transfers to the West End for...  Read More >>

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays & Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism...

Author: Lawrence J Trudeau
ISBN: 9781410329417
Format: Hardback
$1275.12

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The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood

The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood

Author: Professor Thomas Heywood ,  John Pearson
ISBN: 9781359950994
Format: Hardback
$79.07

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Macbeth

Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535419161
Format: Paperback
$22.55

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

To Chester and Beyond: Meaning, Text and Context in Early English Drama: Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies

To Chester and Beyond: Meaning, Text and Context in...

Author: David Mills ,  Philip Butterworth
ISBN: 9781472478894
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This volume brings together a selection of the major articles of David Mills (1938-2013), which along with similar...  Read More >>

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Andrea Gouveia
ISBN: 9781535387859
Format: Paperback
$24.21

About Sweet Cherry Easy Classics:Sweet Cherry Easy Classics adapts classic literature into stories for children,...  Read More >>

Beyond the Fifth Century: Interactions with Greek Tragedy from the Fourth Century BCE to the Middle Ages

Beyond the Fifth Century: Interactions with Greek Tragedy...

Author: Ingo Gildenhard ,  Martin Revermann
ISBN: 9783110482348
Format: Paperback
$42.81

Beyond the Fifth Century brings together 13 scholars from various disciplines to explore interactions with Greek...  Read More >>

Listening for Theatrical Form in Early Modern England

Listening for Theatrical Form in Early Modern England...

Author: Allison K Deutermann (Assistant Professor of English, City University of New York)
ISBN: 9781474411264
Format: Hardback
$245.81

This book traces thedialectical development of auditory modes over six decades of commercial theatre history, combining...  Read More >>

To Be or Not to Be: Paraphrased

To Be or Not to Be: Paraphrased

Author: Bardsley Rosenbridge
ISBN: 9789491914089
Format: Paperback
$58.08

To Be, or Not to Be: Paraphrased is an expanding deconstruction of Hamlet's famous existential question, achieved...  Read More >>

El Conde de Montecristo (Spanish Edition)

El Conde de Montecristo (Spanish Edition)

Author: Alejandro Dumas
ISBN: 9781535318976
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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Terror and Pity: Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater of Power in Elizabethan Russia

Terror and Pity: Aleksandr Sumarokov and the Theater...

Author: Kirill Ospovat
ISBN: 9781618114723
Format: Hardback
$270.00

Situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis,...  Read More >>

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