Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume....  Read More >>

New Kittredge Shakespeare editions combine performance issues in feature films with the clarity of Kittredge's notes...  Read More >>

A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare - Vol. X - A Midsommer Nights Dreame by William Shakespeare. This book is...  Read More >>

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The text of ""Macbeth"" is reproduced and, in addition, five sections of primary documents and illustrations are...  Read More >>

To be sane or not to be sane, that is the question – and if not, then be mad and all that follows. Edward Bond...  Read More >>

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Criticism, notes, and a bibliography accompany the text of the tragedy.  Read More >>

In paired discussions of marriage plays by Shakespeare and Middleton, this book explores the maneuvers that marriageable...  Read More >>

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. Dr Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal...  Read More >>

Drawing material from a wide range of original sources, this book identifies a network of early modern Venetian...  Read More >>

Reexamines the recognized “canon” of films based on Shakespeare's plays, arguing that it should be broadened. Emphasis...  Read More >>

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

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

Believed to have been written between 1610 and 1611, ""The Tempest"" is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare....  Read More >>

Baptista Minola, a lord in Padua, insists that if his youngest daughter Bianca is to be married that her older sister...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare's ""Twelfth Night,"" is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number...  Read More >>

Believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598, William Shakespeare's ""The Merchant of Venice"" is considered...  Read More >>

The historical basis for ""King Lear"" comes from Geoffrey of Monmouth's account of the legendary King Leir of the...  Read More >>

Sullied Magnificence: The Theatre of Mark O'Rowe is a collection of essays that combines the voices of Mark O'Rowe's...  Read More >>

This Squid Ink Classic includes the full text of the work plus MLA style citations for scholarly secondary sources,...  Read More >>

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1879 Edition.  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1874 Original Publisher: Bell Subjects: England...  Read More >>