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The Vital Lie: Reality and Illusion in Modern Drama

The Vital Lie: Reality and Illusion in Modern Drama...
Author: Anthony Abbott ISBN: 9780817312022 Format: Paperback	$99.00
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The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi
Author: John Webster , Professor Brian Gibbons ISBN: 9780713667912 Format: Paperback	$39.47
Universally considered Webster's masterpiece, this violent play presents a dark and disturbing portrait of the human... Read More >>

A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Guide to the Play

A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Guide to the Play
Author: Jay leon Halio ISBN: 9780313321900 Format: Hardback	$171.60
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William Shakespeare 'Measure for Measure': everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for 2025 assessments and 2026 exams

William Shakespeare 'Measure for Measure': everything...
Author: Emma Smith , William Shakespeare ISBN: 9780582784307 Format: Paperback	$20.67
York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has... Read More >>

The Roaring Girl

The Roaring Girl
Author: Thomas Dekker , Elizabeth Cook ISBN: 9780713668131 Format: Paperback	$21.99
Another example of a woman of the London underworld, Moll Cutpurse, who is used by the son of a wealthy but disapproving... Read More >>

Tamburlaine

Tamburlaine
Author: Christopher Marlowe , Anthony B. Dawson ISBN: 9780713668148 Format: Paperback	$17.99
Christopher Marlowe's story of a Scythian shepherd who through using his brutality, lust for power and also his... Read More >>

She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer
Author: Oliver Goldsmith , James Ogden ISBN: 9780713667943 Format: Paperback	$17.99
This drama text is one of a series of important English plays. It includes a critical introduction, biography of... Read More >>

Tis Pity She's a Whore

Tis Pity She's a Whore
Author: John Ford , Martin Wiggins ISBN: 9780713650600 Format: Paperback	$17.95
Ford's tragedy, originally printed in 1633, was the first major English play to take as its theme fulfilled incest... Read More >>

Dr Faustus (York Notes Advanced) English Literature Study Guide - for 2026, 2027 exams: York Notes Series

Dr Faustus (York Notes Advanced) English Literature...
Author: C. Marlowe , Jill Barker ISBN: 9780582784260 Format: Paperback	$20.67
""York Notes Advanced"" should help to make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They... Read More >>

Hamlet: York Notes Advanced - for 2026, 2027 exams

Hamlet: York Notes Advanced - for 2026, 2027 exams
Author: William Shakespeare , Jeffrey Wood ISBN: 9780582784284 Format: Paperback	$20.67
""York Notes Advanced"" should help to make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They... Read More >>

Othello York Notes A-level English Literature Study Guide - for 2026, 2027 exams: York Notes Series

Othello York Notes A-level English Literature Study...
Author: William Shakespeare , Rebecca Warren ISBN: 9780582784314 Format: Paperback	$20.67
""York Notes Advanced"" should help to make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They... Read More >>

King Lear: York Notes Advanced - for 2026, 2027 exams

King Lear: York Notes Advanced - for 2026, 2027 exams...
Author: William Shakespeare ISBN: 9780582784291 Format: Paperback	$20.67
""York Notes Advanced"" should help to make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They... Read More >>

Textual Shakespeare: Writing and the Word

Textual Shakespeare: Writing and the Word
Author: Graham Holderness ISBN: 9781902806211 Format: Paperback	$79.07
""Textual Shakespeare"" reassesses the Bard as a writer in the light of the late-20th century ""revolution"" in... Read More >>

Defining Shakespeare: Pericles as Test Case

Defining Shakespeare: Pericles as Test Case
Author: MacDonald P. Jackson (, Professor of English, University of Auckland) ISBN: 9780199260508 Format: Hardback	$352.00
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The Glass Menagerie (York Notes Advanced) English Literature Study Guide - for 2026, 2027 exams: York Notes Series

The Glass Menagerie (York Notes Advanced) English Literature...
Author: Rebecca Warren , Tennessee Williams ISBN: 9780582772311 Format: Paperback	$20.67
""York Notes Advanced"" aim to help make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They... Read More >>

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa
Author: Joan Fitzpatrick Dean , Keith Hopper ISBN: 9781859183618 Format: Paperback	$26.40
Drawing upon unpublished material from the Friel archive at the National Library of Ireland, Joan FitzPatrick Dean... Read More >>

Shakespeare's Histories

Shakespeare's Histories
Author: Emma Smith (Oxford University) ISBN: 9780631220084 Format: Paperback	$131.87
Shakespeare's history plays, with their insistent depictions of leadership and its discontents, have prompted very... Read More >>

Shakespeare's Histories

Shakespeare's Histories
Author: Emma Smith ISBN: 9780631220077 Format: Hardback	$366.83
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Paul Green, Playwright of the Real South

Paul Green, Playwright of the Real South
Author: John Herbert Roper ISBN: 9780820324883 Format: Hardback	$118.67
This is the most thorough and comprehensive biography to date of writer and activist Paul Green (1894-1981). Drawing... Read More >>

Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process

Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic...
Author: Steven H. Gale ISBN: 9780813122441 Format: Hardback	$184.80
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The "Staging and Transformation of Gender Archetypes in a Midsummer Night""S Dream, M. Butterfly and Kiss of the Spider Woman"

The "Staging and Transformation of Gender Archetypes...
Author: Mira Wiegmann (Concordia University, Nebraska, USA) ISBN: 9780773468917 Format: Hardback	$316.67
"This study employs Jungian and post-Jungian hermeneutics to address psychological, social and political perspectives... Read More >>

The Performance of Pleasure in English Renaissance Drama

The Performance of Pleasure in English Renaissance Drama...
Author: R. Huebert ISBN: 9780333995570 Format: Hardback	$343.20
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Discourses of Empire: Counter-Epic Literature in Early Modern Spain

Discourses of Empire: Counter-Epic Literature in Early...
Author: Barbara Simerka (Queens College / CUNY) ISBN: 9780271027944 Format: Paperback	$67.99
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Shakespeare, The Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video and DVD

Shakespeare, The Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on...
Author: Richard Burt , Lynda E. Boose ISBN: 9780415282994 Format: Paperback	$83.99
Combining three key essays from the earlier collection with new work from leading contributors, this volume offers... Read More >>

Shakespeare, The Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video and DVD

Shakespeare, The Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on...
Author: Richard Burt , Lynda E. Boose ISBN: 9780415282987 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Combining three key essays from the earlier collection with new work from leading contributors, this volume offers... Read More >>

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