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Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley

Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
Author: Esther K. Sheldon ISBN: 9780691649863 Format: Hardback	$340.00
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The Court Comedies of John Lyly: A Study in Allegorical Dramaturgy

The Court Comedies of John Lyly: A Study in Allegorical...
Author: Peter Saccio ISBN: 9780691648682 Format: Hardback	$150.00
The nature of Renaissance allegory has been the subject of much investigation, notably by Spenserian scholars. The... Read More >>

The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective

The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, The Art...
Author: Francis Fergusson ISBN: 9780691649108 Format: Hardback	$165.00
An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine... Read More >>

Modern Shakespeare Offshoots

Modern Shakespeare Offshoots
Author: Ruby Cohn ISBN: 9780691644455 Format: Hardback	$270.00
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The Metamorphoses of Shakespearean Comedy

The Metamorphoses of Shakespearean Comedy
Author: William C. Carroll ISBN: 9780691639666 Format: Hardback	$185.00
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The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeami: A Comparative Study of Greek Tragedy and No

The Artistry of Aeschylus and Zeami: A Comparative Study...
Author: Mae J. Smethurst ISBN: 9780691637310 Format: Hardback	$225.00
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Philop Massinger's The Bondsman

Philop Massinger's The Bondsman
Author: Benjamin Townley Spencer ISBN: 9780691653778 Format: Hardback	$225.00
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Balzac, James, and the Realistic Novel

Balzac, James, and the Realistic Novel
Author: William W. Stowe ISBN: 9780691638911 Format: Hardback	$140.00
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Teaching Shakespeare

Teaching Shakespeare
Author: Walter E Edens ISBN: 9780691643311 Format: Hardback	$230.00
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Racine's Mid-Career Tragedies

Racine's Mid-Career Tragedies
Author: Jean Racine , Lacy Lockert ISBN: 9780691652801 Format: Hardback	$235.00
Translated into English rhyming verse, with introductions, by Lacy Lockert, the four plays included in this volume... Read More >>

The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642

The Profession of Player in Shakespeare's Time, 1590-1642...
Author: Gerald Eades Bentley ISBN: 9780691640570 Format: Hardback	$210.00
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The Renaissance Hamlet: Issues and Responses in 1600

The Renaissance Hamlet: Issues and Responses in 1600...
Author: Roland Mushat Frye ISBN: 9780691640389 Format: Hardback	$250.00
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Pierrot: A Critical History of a Mask

Pierrot: A Critical History of a Mask
Author: Robert F. Storey ISBN: 9780691637723 Format: Hardback	$175.00
Robert Storey's lively and gracefully written study of Pierrot is the first scholarly history of this fascinating... Read More >>

Noh Drama and The Tale of the Genji: The Art of Allusion in Fifteen Classical Plays

Noh Drama and The Tale of the Genji: The Art of Allusion...
Author: Janet Goff ISBN: 9780691633534 Format: Hardback	$190.00
The Japanese noh theater has enjoyed a rich, continuous history dating back to the Muromachi period (1336-1573),... Read More >>

Shakespearean Representation: Mimesis and Modernity in Elizabethan Tragedy

Shakespearean Representation: Mimesis and Modernity...
Author: Howard M. Felperin ISBN: 9780691642222 Format: Hardback	$135.00
We are often told that Shakespeare is our contemporary, yet we insist just as often on the Elizabethan quality of... Read More >>

A Stage For Poets: Studies in the Theatre of Hugo and Musset

A Stage For Poets: Studies in the Theatre of Hugo and...
Author: Charles Affron ISBN: 9780691647067 Format: Hardback	$175.00
In the nineteenth century, the French lyric poets imposed their diction on the theatrical genre and thus illuminated... Read More >>

Shakespeare's Revision of KING LEAR

Shakespeare's Revision of KING LEAR
Author: Steven Urkowitz ISBN: 9780691637983 Format: Hardback	$135.00
Of the three texts of King Lear--the Quarto version printed in 1608, the Folio edition of 1623, and the modern composite... Read More >>

Figure of Faust in Valery and Goethe: An Exegesis of Mon Faust

Figure of Faust in Valery and Goethe: An Exegesis of...
Author: Kurt Weinberg ISBN: 9780691644226 Format: Hardback	$175.00
This book interprets Mon Faust and explores the differences between Valery's and Goethe's treatments of the Faust... Read More >>

The Dictionary of Shakespeare Words

The Dictionary of Shakespeare Words
Author: Bookcaps ISBN: 9781610428941 Format: Paperback	$52.77
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Aristophanes and the Cloak of Comedy: Affect, Aesthetics, and the Canon

Aristophanes and the Cloak of Comedy: Affect, Aesthetics,...
Author: Mario Telo ISBN: 9780226309699 Format: Hardback	$97.95
The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427–386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline,... Read More >>

The Tempest: Adaptation by Mike Healey

The Tempest: Adaptation by Mike Healey
Author: William Shakespeare ISBN: 9781502854377 Format: Paperback	$15.84
This is a shortened adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. Read More >>

Sir Henry Neville Was Shakespeare: The Evidence

Sir Henry Neville Was Shakespeare: The Evidence
Author: Dr John Casson , Professor William D. Rubinstein ISBN: 9781445654669 Format: Paperback	$51.72
Who really wrote the plays of Shakespeare? Read More >>

García Lorca at the Edge of Surrealism: The Aesthetics of Anguish

García Lorca at the Edge of Surrealism: The Aesthetics...
Author: David F. Richter ISBN: 9781611485776 Format: Paperback	$72.95
García Lorca at the Edge of Surrealism: The Aesthetics of Anguish examines the variations of surrealism and surrealist... Read More >>

Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare ISBN: 9781533273260 Format: Paperback	$65.74
This translation of Romeo and Juliet into contemporary English--alongside the original text--has modernized the... Read More >>

A Study of Shakespeare

A Study of Shakespeare
Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne ISBN: 9781533254986 Format: Paperback	$34.29
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and... Read More >>

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