Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

Offers a consideration of Richardson's life and work and reestablishes his place in the history of the theater....  Read More >>

Generally considered one of milestones in the development of modern drama, August Strindberg's chamber play The...  Read More >>

Presents a collection of three ""Turk"" plays namely ""Selimus, Emperor of the Turks""; ""A Christian Turned Turk"";...  Read More >>

This edition of ""The Merry Wives of Windsor"", Shakespeare's only thoroughly English comedy, celebrates the play...  Read More >>

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This edition contains an introduction which looks at the special place of the play in Jonson's own life, his interest...  Read More >>

A fascinating anthology that brings together in one volume many of the most important articles written about Brecht...  Read More >>

Graham Holderness provides a new treatment of Shakespeare's historical dramas by reviewing past sources in light...  Read More >>

Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims...  Read More >>

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'Household Business' traces the genre's origins in the cycle plays of medieval England and examines its aesthetic...  Read More >>

Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims...  Read More >>

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""A significant and substantive edition, in that nothing has been taken for granted, everything has been opened...  Read More >>

This edition celebrates King Henry VI Part 2 as one of the most exciting and dynamic plays of the English renaissance...  Read More >>

This edition celebrates ""King Henry VI Part 2"" as one of the most exciting and dynamic plays of the English Renaissance...  Read More >>

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Dorothy H. Brown takes a new look at the morality plays of the late 16th century as vehicles of Christian humanism....  Read More >>

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered by many to be the greatest of all American novels. This sequel...  Read More >>

Aphra Behn (1640-1689), poet, playwright, novelist, traveller and spy, was the first woman to earn her living as...  Read More >>

Though in later antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were...  Read More >>

This work is concerned with the evaluation of rhetoric as an essential aspect of Renaissance sensibility. It is...  Read More >>

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