Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Time and again, early modern plays show people at work: shoemaking, grave-digging, and professional acting are just...  Read More >>

Analysing works by Griselda Gambaro, Eduardo Rovner, Sabina Berman, Diana Raznovich, Roberto Cossa, Hugo Arguelles,...  Read More >>

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Part of Prufrock's new series for the upper level classroom, Advanced Placement Classroom: Hamlet allows teachers...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare is the celebrated writer. This title helps readers understand these centuries-old works. It...  Read More >>

Offers a glimpse into the life of Shakespeare through vignettes of his family and his relationships with them. This...  Read More >>

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

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

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Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil...  Read More >>

Contains criticism on """"Julius Ceasar"""" from critiques dating back upto 17th century. This book divides the...  Read More >>

Serves as a guide to Shakespeare's """"King Lear"""". This book includes criticism from critiques dating back to...  Read More >>

Serves as a guide to understanding unfamiliar words in Shakespeare's works. This book contains more than 17,000...  Read More >>

A guide to studying Shakespeare's """"Macbeth"""" which includes a selection criticism from the critiques dating...  Read More >>

Serves as a study guide to Shakespeare's """"Othello"""". This work contains a selection of criticism on """"Othello"""",...  Read More >>

Tells the story of a young man's search for his identity, and a woman's attempt to come to terms with her past....  Read More >>

Addresses the long-standing debate over the Shakespeare authorship problem and offers a daring solution: that the...  Read More >>

The Interpersonal Idiom offers a timely reformulation of identity in the age of Shakespeare, recovering a rich and...  Read More >>

Adventures in Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though...  Read More >>

A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text introduces the early editions, editing practices, and publishing...  Read More >>

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Literary historians have long held the view that the plays of the Greek dramatist, Sophocles deal purely with archetypes...  Read More >>

Renaissance Poetry and Drama in Context is a stimulating refereed collection of new work dedicated to Emeritus Professor...  Read More >>

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