Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Matthew Woodcock provides a survey of the critical responses to this popular play, as well as the key debates and...  Read More >>

Exploring the similar underpinnings of early modern and contemporary ideas of difference, Barbarous Play  Read More >>

Speaking of the Moor explores why the Moor became a central character on the English stage at the turn of the sixteenth...  Read More >>

"Presents history of the interpretations of Shakespeare's ""Coriolanus""."  Read More >>

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This study looks at the epistemological significance of maternity in early modern England.  Read More >>

Demonstrates the artful means by which Shakespeare responded to the competing claims of acting and writing in the...  Read More >>

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The twelve essays in Selfhood on the Early Modern English Stage analyse the influences that shaped the fictional...  Read More >>

"Dissecting 21 screenplays, this book analyzes why certain aspects of a screenplay work and others do not. It looks...  Read More >>

A collection of papers presented at a conference held in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It reflects a different trend...  Read More >>

Audiences have always delighted in the robust comedy and verbal inventiveness of The Taming of the Shrew. It has...  Read More >>

Troilus and Cressida is perhaps Shakespeare's most philosophical play, and its preoccupation with war, sex, and...  Read More >>

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Reconsiders the figure of the male tragic hero, making use of both feminist and body theory. This book argues that...  Read More >>

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

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

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

On the morning of May 30, 1593, Christopher Marlowe met with three associates in the English intelligence network....  Read More >>

Each volume of this resource covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured,...  Read More >>

Each volume of this resource covers four to eight significant dramatists or plays. For each play or playwright featured,...  Read More >>

On the morning of May 30, 1593, Christopher Marlowe met with three associates in the English intelligence network....  Read More >>

William Shakespeare's plays are a guide to how individuals react to the competing pressures of statecraft and personal...  Read More >>

Examines the way work was depicted on the English stage by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.  Read More >>