Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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What is the significance of Shylock's ring in The Merchant of Venice? How does Shakespeare create Gertrude's closet...  Read More >>

The six Latin Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer (‘Terence’), written in the second century BC, continued to be...  Read More >>

"Pulitzer Prize winner and lifelong opera devotee Wills explores the writing and staging of Verdi's three triumphant...  Read More >>

What was worn on the Shakespearean stage and more importantly, how were articles of apparel understood when seen...  Read More >>

Honoring Shakespearean scholar Michael Neill, this eleventh issue of The Shakespearean International Yearbook assesses...  Read More >>

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This long-awaited biography of Alfred Jarry reconstructs a life both ""ubuesque"" and pataphysical.  Read More >>

On a warm, humid night in June of 1962, four amateur actors sat on stools in the Court House of Niagara-on-the-Lake...  Read More >>

First published in 1951, this book assesses the use of prose in Shakespeare's plays.  Read More >>

Thomas Fahy examines the integration of and challenges to popular culture found in the theatrical works of Millay,...  Read More >>

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This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter....  Read More >>

First collection of essays, by some of the leading scholars in their field on one of the most controversial and...  Read More >>

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Shakespeare s tragedy of one of the most famous assassinations in the world at an epoch-changing time in history....  Read More >>

"The known facts about the life of William Shakespeare are critically re-examined for evidence that is both necessary...  Read More >>

With the resurgence (though some say it has never left) of radio, due in part to new media practices and technological...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, especially Italian,...  Read More >>

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This is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition....  Read More >>

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With The Complete Text Of The Anonymous Play.  Read More >>