Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

This collection of essays by the first General Editor of the New Arden Shakespeare brings together the best of Ellis-Fermor's...  Read More >>

This volume explains and analyses the last plays of Shakespeare as dramatic structures. A major part of the book...  Read More >>

This collection of essays focuses on the ways in which our society 'processes' Shakespeare and the purposes for...  Read More >>

This collection of essays discusses some of the central works and areas of literature in the Renaissance period...  Read More >>

Recognized as one of the leading books in its field, The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare presents...  Read More >>

The emphasis of this book is that each of Shakespeare's tragedies demanded its own individual form and that although...  Read More >>

When originally published this book was the first to treat at full length the contribution which music makes to...  Read More >>

When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered...  Read More >>

This study analyses Shakespeare's treatment of the universal themes of Beauty, Love and Time. He compares Shakespeare...  Read More >>

Discussing Shakespeare's sonnets in relation to sonnets by Italian, French and English poets, Kenneth Muir shows...  Read More >>

The Artistry of Shakespeare's Prose is the first detailed study of the use of prose in the plays. It begins by defining...  Read More >>

Power on Display considers Shakespeare's progression from romantic comedies and history plays to tragedy and romance...  Read More >>

G B Harrison here recognizes that Shakespeare's tragedies were intended for performance in a theatre and that the...  Read More >>

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