Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

John Ford's tragedy took as its theme fulfilled incest between brother and sister. The Revels Plays edition by Derek...  Read More >>

A new introduction sets the tragedy in the context of pre-Civil War England and gives a revealing view of its themes,...  Read More >>

This book adopts a feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representatives of nationhood...  Read More >>

In behutsamen Analysen ausgewählter dramatischer Szenen von Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) - ""Abram im Salz"", ""Beryll...  Read More >>

Engendering a Nation adopts a feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of...  Read More >>

This annotated bibliography of dramas of the 18th century covers all dramas performed and/or published between 1700...  Read More >>

This book documents the changing representation of subjectivity in Medieval and Early Modern English drama by intertextually...  Read More >>

This edition of Ben Jonson's four comedies, Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, places the works...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare’s last four plays carry us across space and time—from classical antiquity to Roman Britain to...  Read More >>

Restoring the """"Jewish half-genius"""" in women's drama, this collection powerfully conveys the exile of Jewish...  Read More >>

The three plays edited and translated in this volume are strongly linked to what we now think of as the Portuguese...  Read More >>

The Mary Play is a beautiful and engaging piece of late medieval stagecraft. This edition, a new volume in the series...  Read More >>

Restoring the """"Jewish half-genius"""" in women's drama, this collection powerfully conveys the exile of Jewish...  Read More >>

Series Editors: James Nagel, University of Georgia; Zack Bowen, University of Miami and Robert Lecker, McGill University....  Read More >>

"The Shakespeare Handbooks provide a helpful, straightforward guide to the work of the world's most celebrated dramatist....  Read More >>

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The first full-length study of Shakespeare's Roman plays offers fresh, detailed readings and identifies new sources...  Read More >>

Tragedy was central to the experience of being a Athenian citizen and should be the richest of all sources for illuminating...  Read More >>

Miles Gloriosus or “Braggart Warrior” is one of the best-known and liveliest Roman comedies. It shows Plautus at...  Read More >>

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In this study of popular drama in the period from 1350 to 1520, the author argues that many types of performances...  Read More >>

By juxtaposing the comedies of such lesser-known playwrights as Orrery, Lacy, and Rawlins with those of more familiar...  Read More >>

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A book in English devoted to Johannes Schlaf, the 19th-century German playwright, bringing fresh insights to the...  Read More >>