Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

This reference profiles 800 British poets, novelists, playwrights, essayists, and other writers of the 19th and...  Read More >>

Why should Greek tragedy matter now? This book opens a dialogue between the tragic theatre in ancient Athens and...  Read More >>

The counter-epic is a literary style that developed in reaction to imperialist epic conventions as a means of scrutinizing...  Read More >>

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After an historical survey of A Midsummer Night's Dream fromShakespeare's time through to the 19th century, Jay...  Read More >>

This title focuses on the relationship between the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and Shakespeare. It untangles...  Read More >>

A leading scholar and judge of the Scaligeri court, Alighieri was a son of Dante, and took on the challenge of explaining...  Read More >>

Miners, people of Hiroshima, and others labour under the false sun of uranium. Cast of 5 women and 12 men.  Read More >>

A tour of books that inspired Michel Tremblay's imagination.  Read More >>

The original version of Wesker's imaginiative reworking of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. With notes and...  Read More >>

A collection of 18 original essays on contemporary Canadian theatre by drama specialists in Belgium, Finland, Germany,...  Read More >>

Will Jimmy embrace the myth of the hero or build a different identity? Cast of 2 women and 2 men.  Read More >>

This illustrated book explores the ways in which Shakespeare has been imagined from his time to ours. Drawing on...  Read More >>

This work studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's...  Read More >>

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This is a reference guide to Early Modern English - the form of English used by Shakespeare - covering the rules,...  Read More >>

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For use in schools and libraries only. Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern...  Read More >>

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For use in schools and libraries only. Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern...  Read More >>

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At head of title: Folger Shakespeare Library.  Read More >>

Folger's Shakespeare Library presents these definitive editions of Shakespeare's classic tragedies, featuring scene-by-scene...  Read More >>

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This innovative work argues that Shakespeare was as great a philosopher as he was a poet, and that his greatness...  Read More >>