Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

THIS 38 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown, by Andrew Lang. To purchase...  Read More >>

When it was first published, Radical Tragedy was hailed as a groundbreaking reassessment of the drama of Shakespeare...  Read More >>

Julius Caesar, with its themes of loyalty, ambition, and deception, still resonates with high school students and...  Read More >>

When it was first published, Radical Tragedy was hailed as a groundbreaking reassessment of the drama of Shakespeare...  Read More >>

Why group Shakespeare's last plays together? When does Shakespeare's 'last' period begin? Reflecting the recent...  Read More >>

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From the Elizabethan period's second-biggest dramatist comes the story of Faustus, a brilliant scholar who sells...  Read More >>

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""The version of Henry V and the corresponding footnotes that appear in this volume were originally published in...  Read More >>

""The version of Twelfth Night and the corresponding footnotes that appear in this volume were originally published...  Read More >>

""The version of As you like it and the corresponding footnotes that appear in this volume were originally published...  Read More >>

Critical commentary accompanies the story of Antonio, who risks his life to borrow money from his enemy, Shylock,...  Read More >>

...the clearest and simplest explanation of Shakespeare's thought I have yet read.'___Auberon Waugh in the Daily...  Read More >>

Each volume of Drama for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical...  Read More >>

The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume X: Later Articles and Reviews is part of a fourteen-volume series under...  Read More >>

The plays, theme or focus of this volume includes: < ul>< i>< li> Antony and Cleopatra< li> A Midsummer Night's...  Read More >>

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The Genius and the Goddess, based on Jeffrey Meyers' long friendship with Arthur Miller and extensive archival research...  Read More >>

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

John Gay's satirical opera, written in 1728, was revolutionary because it took poverty and corruption as its subject,...  Read More >>

It is perhaps the greatest story never told: the truth behind the most enduring works of English literature. Who...  Read More >>

Most philosophy has rejected the theater, denouncing it as a place of illusion or moral decay; the theater in turn...  Read More >>

Lillian Hellman (1905-1984) was one of America's preeminent playwrights and memorists. Presenting a study of Hellman's...  Read More >>

This Jacobean tragic-comedy by Philip Massinger explores the cultural conflict between Christian Europe and Muslim...  Read More >>

Updated editions in this trusted Shakespeare series  Read More >>