Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Engaging and stimulating, this Introduction provides a fresh vista of the theatrical landscape in the early modern...  Read More >>

This book is the first to examine closely the radically new and challenging Panic Theatre, a group of plays composed...  Read More >>

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A fresh interpretation of an enigmatic classic, that provides a greater understanding of the play's religious and...  Read More >>

That the works of the ancient tragedians still have an immediate and profound appeal surely needs no demonstration,...  Read More >>

Als Fielding seinen Roman History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) mit einer Einlassung beginnt, die den Autor als...  Read More >>

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An all-out attack on the contemporary theatrical practice and performance theory that identifies the actor, rather...  Read More >>

Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance...  Read More >>

A new type of study guide which combines an exploration of  Shakespeare's language with. specific help for students...  Read More >>

""A modern translation of Shakespeare's story of a brazen race to power and the desire for an heir""--  Read More >>

"""This translation updates Shakespeare's language to allow more of the playwright's ideas to come through, opening...  Read More >>

A new type of study guide which combines an exploration of  Shakespeare's language with. specific help for students...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, this book is a faithful representation of the original edition of Beltaine a literary magazine...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, this book includes all of the annual editions and also a final pamphlet of Samhain: October...  Read More >>

The quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, whose highly charged confrontations and anguished soliloquies probe depths...  Read More >>

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"The Shakespeare Handbooks provide a helpful, straightforward guide to the work of the world's most celebrated dramatist....  Read More >>

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Studying Shakespeare s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to the non-Shakespearian drama of Renaissance England...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1936, this book presents the content of the Rede Lecture for that year, which was delivered...  Read More >>

"Set in Ancient Rome, this play remains a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and...  Read More >>

Con Hamlet, y especialmente con esta versión de Moratín, verdadera guía de lectura, con sus notas y acotaciones,...  Read More >>

Hamlet’s father, the king of Denmark, has died suddenly. But instead of grieving, his mother Gertrude has married...  Read More >>