Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

R.C. Jebb's editions of Sophocles' plays appeared in the last years of the 19th century. They are distinguished...  Read More >>

This is an example of one of R.C. Jebb's editions of Sophocles' plays, originally appearing in the last years of...  Read More >>

Michael Essig begreift den Preis als Element der Governance Structure (institutioneller Preisbegriff) und als Instrument...  Read More >>

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Agnete Ottosen was tough, unsentimental and remarkable. When World War II broke out, Ottosen immediately joined...  Read More >>

The Tempest presents some of Shakespeare’s most insightful meditations on the cycle of life—ending and beginning,...  Read More >>

As well as providing a more precise conceptual framework for the genre of tragicomedy than has so far been available,...  Read More >>

Drawing on three centuries worth of actors' written reflections on playing Shakespeare, this book brings together...  Read More >>

This is the inside story of the Royal Shakespeare Company - a running historical critique of a major national institution...  Read More >>

Drawing on three centuries worth of actors' written reflections on playing Shakespeare, this book brings together...  Read More >>

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The boyhood of William Shakespeare, with sketches of the home and school life; the games and sports; manners, customs,...  Read More >>

Menon introduces rhetoric into the largely medico-juridical realm of studies on Renaissance sexuality. In doing...  Read More >>

This volume offers a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history of the plays, and discusses...  Read More >>

Providing detailed coverage of the main political and religious issues of the age, this new edition has expanded...  Read More >>

This volume offers a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history of the plays, and discusses...  Read More >>

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The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the First Folio, printed in 1623. Additions and emendations...  Read More >>

Dem Begriff der ""Sozialen Rolle"" kommt heute in der soziologischen Fachsprache eine ebenso festgelegte Bedeutung...  Read More >>

This richly informed book brings together essays by a leading...  Read More >>

1862. Being selections from Scripture, moral, doctrinal and perceptual, with passages illustrative of the Text,...  Read More >>

For courses in English Literature and Shakespeare. This exciting and approachable text provides colorful, yet...  Read More >>

This edition containing two of Shakespeare's important historical plays features a criticism of Shakespeare's life,...  Read More >>

Completing the trilogy of ""Henry VI"" plays, this title includes an introduction that considers the implications...  Read More >>