Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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

In early twentieth-century US culture, sex sold. The Progressive Era was obsessed with prostitution, sexuality,...  Read More >>

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This book demonstrates how oaths influence dramatic plots by compelling characters to behave in certain ways, how...  Read More >>

""This version was based on a literal translation by Romy Fursland"" -- Back cover.  Read More >>

Northrop Frye has proven to be one of the most important literary theorists of contemporary literary criticism....  Read More >>

Legendary lovers come to dramatic life in Shakespeare's gripping tragedy about the conflict of love and duty. Brilliant...  Read More >>

I slip into Thandi’s bed in the night. I crack her ribs and climb deep inside her chest So I never have to leave....  Read More >>

Laughing Awry offers a comprehensive overview of key themes in the interpretation of the plays of Plautus, and explores...  Read More >>

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This widely-studied play is one of the bestsellers of the Shakespeare canon. The production is the seventh Shakespeare...  Read More >>

American dramas consciously rewrite the past as a means of determined criticism and intentional resistance. While...  Read More >>

You look otherworldly. Like all my girls. This will make you a queen. Like years ago and people wore clothes like...  Read More >>

The weight of what is to come is unbearable. It is crushing me. The sound of the crying, it never ceases. I carry...  Read More >>

Sakoontala or The Lost Ring An Indian Drama from Kalidasa. Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest...  Read More >>

As You Like It by William Shakespeare adapted for the outdoor stage by Frank Farrell to run 90 minutes in performance....  Read More >>

In Shakespeare's Tragedies: All That Matters, Michael Scott explores and explains the secrets that have made Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

A Companion to Sophocles presents a comprehensive collection of original essays by leading scholars that address...  Read More >>

The latest play from the international award-winning writer for stage, screen and film, Peter Morgan.  Read More >>

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Shakespearean Echoes assembles a global cast of established and emerging scholars to explore new connections between...  Read More >>

In Stagecraft in Euripides, first published in 1985, Professor Michael Halleran examines certain aspects of the...  Read More >>

The book was produced at the moment when controversy with regard to the internal evidence of composition in the...  Read More >>

Was ihr wollt from William Shakespeare. Englischer Dichter, gilt als einer der groten Dichter der Weltliteratur...  Read More >>