Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

An expressive dialogue between Deleuze's philosophical writings on cinema and Beckett's innovative film and television...  Read More >>

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Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an international journal committed to the publication of essays and...  Read More >>

The difference between belief and knowledge and the consequences of mistaking one for the other are at the heart...  Read More >>

Hrotsvit wrote stories, plays, and histories during the reign of Emperor Otto the Great (962-973). Twelve original...  Read More >>

He wants me to fuck about with paper clips in some office with a smile on my face, fuck him . . . but there's just...  Read More >>

A critical study of the theatre produced in the 1950s with an in-depth analysis of the work of four key playwrights...  Read More >>

Shakespeare is a towering presence in English and indeed global culture. Yet considered alongside his contemporaries...  Read More >>

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Focuses not only on the moral ambivalence of these women, but with attention to Anglo-Italian relations, illuminates...  Read More >>

It's about the second when the guard drops, that moment when the eyes blink and miss the incoming hammer blow....  Read More >>

Focuses on the implications of the archival research which has profoundly changed our view of the continuation of...  Read More >>

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing...  Read More >>

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing...  Read More >>

Drama Criticism assembles critical responses to the writings of the world's most renowned playwrights and provides...  Read More >>

This volume offers modern perspectives, from a strong international team of scholars, on the perception of Anton...  Read More >>

Richard Hillman applies to tragic patterns and practices in early modern England his long-standing critical preoccupation...  Read More >>

George Bernard Shaw has always been regarded as a political provocateur and socialist with ideas that reflected...  Read More >>

Brings together the most interesting criticisms of Shakespeare by English-speaking actors. The introductory chapter...  Read More >>

Talbert's discussion of the relationship between serious character-types and structure in the dramas of the late...  Read More >>

This play imagines the time in Brian Merriman’s life immediately before he wrote his famous poem The Midnight Court....  Read More >>

Celia de Freine is a poet, playwright and screenwriter who writes in Irish and English. This is a collection of...  Read More >>

Explores the struggle of Greek tragedy to find its place on the American stage. This title shows how certain plays,...  Read More >>

"Keeping Shakespeares own words whenever possible, but making the plots and language easily accessible, this entertaining...  Read More >>

The Merry Wives of Windsor, en francais: Les Joyeuses Commeres de Windsor - Les Gaillardes Epouses de Windsor -...  Read More >>