Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Aristophanes' Frogs

Aristophanes' Frogs

Author: Mark Griffith (Klio Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages & Literature, Klio Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages & Literature, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780195327731
Format: Paperback
$64.95

Aristophanes is widely credited with having elevated the classical art of comedy to the level of legitimacy and...  Read More >>

Philosophical Readings of Shakespeare: “Thou Art the Thing Itself”

Philosophical Readings of Shakespeare: “Thou Art the...

Author: Margherita Pascucci
ISBN: 9781137335357
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This book offers a close philosophical reading of King Lear and Timon of Athens which provides insights into the...  Read More >>

Shakespeare, 'Othello' and Domestic Tragedy

Shakespeare, 'Othello' and Domestic Tragedy

Author: Professor Sean Benson
ISBN: 9781472508874
Format: Paperback
$76.99

"Often set in domestic environments and built around protagonists of more modest status than traditional tragic...  Read More >>

A Poet's Notebook

A Poet's Notebook

Author: Edith Sitwell
ISBN: 9781448200269
Format: Paperback
$39.99

First published in 1943, this is a selection of writings from Dr. Sitwell's private notebooks. It includes essays...  Read More >>

Aristophanes' Frogs

Aristophanes' Frogs

Author: Mark Griffith (Klio Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages & Literature, Klio Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages & Literature, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780195327724
Format: Hardback
$245.95

Aristophanes is widely credited with having elevated the classical art of comedy to the level of legitimacy and...  Read More >>

Screening Early Modern Drama: Beyond Shakespeare

Screening Early Modern Drama: Beyond Shakespeare

Author: Pascale Aebischer (Associate Professor of Early Modern Performance Studies, University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9781107024939
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Pascale Aebischer's accessible and groundbreaking study examines film adaptations of early modern plays that challenge...  Read More >>

Sublime Drama: British Theatre of the 1990s

Sublime Drama: British Theatre of the 1990s

Author: Elzbieta Iwona Baraniecka
ISBN: 9783110301151
Format: Hardback
$248.73

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Affirming the Absurd in Harold Pinter

Affirming the Absurd in Harold Pinter

Author: Jane Wong Yeang Chui
ISBN: 9781137345349
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Using Martin Esslin's ""invention"" - the Theatre of the Absurd - to examine Pinter's works, Wong brings the complexities...  Read More >>

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781627551939
Format: Paperback
$25.05

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

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781627551922
Format: Hardback
$44.85

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

Speaking the Speech: An Actor's Guide to Shakespeare

Speaking the Speech: An Actor's Guide to Shakespeare...

Author: Giles Block ,  Mark Rylance
ISBN: 9781848421912
Format: Paperback
$31.99

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The Tempest

The Tempest

Author: William Shakespeare ,  David Lindley (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781107619579
Format: Paperback
$25.88

For this second edition of The Tempest - one of Shakespeare's most elusive and suggestive plays - David Lindley...  Read More >>

Lost Masterpieces of Euro-American Drama: Ten Plays

Lost Masterpieces of Euro-American Drama: Ten Plays...

Author: Bert Cardullo
ISBN: 9780988637610
Format: Paperback
$72.45

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The Tempest

The Tempest

Author: William Shakespeare ,  David Lindley (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781107021525
Format: Hardback
$163.01

For this second edition of The Tempest - one of Shakespeare's most elusive and suggestive plays - David Lindley...  Read More >>

The People of Aristophanes (Routledge Revivals): A Sociology of Old Attic Comedy

The People of Aristophanes (Routledge Revivals): A Sociology...

Author: Victor Ehrenberg
ISBN: 9780415857109
Format: Hardback
$378.00

First published in 1951, The People of Aristophanes provides a sociological account of Athens in the period of its...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare's Sonnets

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781627551694
Format: Paperback
$25.05

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Theater und Öffentlichkeit im Vormärz

Theater und Öffentlichkeit im Vormärz

Author: Meike Wagner
ISBN: 9783050059617
Format: Hardback
$660.00

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781627551199
Format: Paperback
$25.05

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s most loved comedy. This edition...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare's Sonnets

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781627551687
Format: Hardback
$39.57

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The Celtic Revival in Shakespeare's Wake: Appropriation and Cultural Politics in Ireland, 1867-1922

The Celtic Revival in Shakespeare's Wake: Appropriation...

Author: A. Putz
ISBN: 9781137027658
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This book reconsiders the Celtic Revival by examining appropriations of Shakespeare, using close readings of works...  Read More >>

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781627551175
Format: Hardback
$44.85

From the Royal Shakespeare Company – a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare’s most loved comedy. This edition...  Read More >>

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