Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Shakespeare and Comics: Negotiating Cultural Value

Shakespeare and Comics: Negotiating Cultural Value

Author: Dr Jim Casey (Independent scholar, USA) ,  Dr Brandon Christopher (University of Winnipeg, Canada)
ISBN: 9781350401389
Format: Paperback
$59.99

From their inception, ‘low culture’ comics have intersected with the ‘high culture’ of Shakespeare. This is the...  Read More >>

The Unnatural Scene: A Study in Shakespearean Tragedy

The Unnatural Scene: A Study in Shakespearean Tragedy...

Author: Michael Long
ISBN: 9781041277248
Format: Hardback
$217.32

Fifty years after its original publication in 1976, this excellent analysis of the psycho-social dimensions of Shakespearean...  Read More >>

Experiential and Experimental Knowledge on the Early Modern English Stage

Experiential and Experimental Knowledge on the Early...

Author: Pavneet Aulakh (Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Vanderbilt University) ,  James Kearney (Professor of English, University of California - Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9781399520836
Format: Hardback
$219.00

Attends to the early modern stage as a platform for the creation and interrogation of knowledge and knowledge production,...  Read More >>

Reading the River in Shakespeare’s Britain

Reading the River in Shakespeare’s Britain

Author: Bill Angus ,  Lisa Hopkins (Professor Emerita of English, Sheffield Hallam University)
ISBN: 9781399534499
Format: Paperback
$57.99

Explores how perceptions of rivers shaped identity and culture in Shakespeare's Britain  Read More >>

Performing India in Early Modern England 1575-1642: Commerce, Spectacle, and the Formation of the East India Company

Performing India in Early Modern England 1575-1642:...

Author: Amrita Sen
ISBN: 9789048559336
Format: Hardback
$375.19

Situating itself against the transitional moment of first direct contact of English merchants with the Indian subcontinent,...  Read More >>

Queering the South: Case Studies with Emma Dante

Queering the South: Case Studies with Emma Dante

Author: Alice Parrinello
ISBN: 9781803741321
Format: Paperback
$116.44

This monograph analyses the films and plays of Sicilian director Emma Dante by adopting a queer approach and focusing...  Read More >>

Poetry and Politics in the Play Sir Thomas More

Poetry and Politics in the Play Sir Thomas More

Author: L. Joseph Hebert, Jr.
ISBN: 9780813240176
Format: Hardback
$157.00

If ever a play had something to say about the art of statesmanship, that play is Sir Thomas More. Its origins and...  Read More >>

A Complete History of Classical Chinese Dramatic Theory

A Complete History of Classical Chinese Dramatic Theory...

Author: Weimin Yu ,  Junfeng Yang
ISBN: 9781805890508
Format: Hardback
$369.60

This book presents the first comprehensive study tracing the evolution of dramatic thought in China from its earliest...  Read More >>

Picture of Nobody

Picture of Nobody

Author: Philip Owens ,  Allen Bratton
ISBN: 9781961341883
Format: Paperback
$50.16

Transposed into the early twentieth century, a nonentity named Shakespeare rails against poverty, mediocrity, and...  Read More >>

Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare: With Original Commentary by Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William...

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Patrick Stewart
ISBN: 9781668108468
Format: Audio
$65.97

An instant audio classic! Sir Patrick Stewart draws upon his decades on the Shakespearean stage to bring listeners...  Read More >>

The Plays of Henrik Ibsen

The Plays of Henrik Ibsen

Author: David Irvin
ISBN: 9781806341610
Format: Paperback
$41.37

A comprehensive analysis of all Ibsen's plays, written in a clear non-academic prose, which not only takes us through...  Read More >>

African Shakespeare: Subversions, Appropriations, Negotiations

African Shakespeare: Subversions, Appropriations, Negotiations...

Author: Ifeoluwa Aboluwade ,  Serena Talento
ISBN: 9781032487830
Format: Paperback
$119.00

African Shakespeare: Subversions, Appropriations, Negotiations uncovers the multidimensional inventions, synergies,...  Read More >>

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays & Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism...

Author: Rebecca Parks
ISBN: 9781535886659
Format: Hardback
$1496.88

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Ibsen in Context

Ibsen in Context

Author: Narve Fulsås ,  Tore Rem (Universitetet i Oslo)
ISBN: 9781108434737
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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Chekhov in Context

Chekhov in Context

Author: Yuri Corrigan (Boston University)
ISBN: 9781108820462
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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Euripides and Quotation Culture

Euripides and Quotation Culture

Author: Dr Matthew Wright (University of Exeter, UK) ,  David Taylor
ISBN: 9781350441217
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Presenting a new approach to Euripides’ plays, this book explores the playwright’s ancient tragedies in relation...  Read More >>

A Complete History of Classical Chinese Dramatic Theory

A Complete History of Classical Chinese Dramatic Theory...

Author: Weimin Yu ,  Junfeng Yang
ISBN: 9781844648337
Format: Paperback
$205.92

This book presents the first comprehensive study tracing the evolution of dramatic thought in China from its earliest...  Read More >>

Shakespeare, Race and Anglophone Popular Culture

Shakespeare, Race and Anglophone Popular Culture

Author: Vanessa I. Corredera (Baylor University, USA) ,  L. Monique Pittman (Andrews University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350500570
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This collection offers a theoretically robust interrogation of how the circulation of Shakespeare within popular...  Read More >>

Shakespeare at Large: Law and the First Folio

Shakespeare at Large: Law and the First Folio

Author: Matteo Nicolini
ISBN: 9781041290827
Format: Hardback
$401.06

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Nineteenth-Century America: Discourse and Criticism

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Nineteenth-Century America:...

Author: Emeritus Professor Herbert Rowland
ISBN: 9781640142053
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Surveys the considerable nineteenth-century American discourse on and response to the writings of the German dramatist,...  Read More >>

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