Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

From 1660 through approximately 1830, the alteration of Shakespearean texts to comply with contemporary dramaturgy...  Read More >>

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  Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies were written in a remarkably short period of time, between 1598 and 1606....  Read More >>

Explores the work of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller within the contexts of the Cold War era, sexuality and...  Read More >>

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A critical re-examination of the views of Plato, Aristotle, Hegel and Nietzsche on tragedy. Ancient Greek tragedy...  Read More >>

Violent and recurrent confrontations between disorderly women and patriarchal power are a major feature of the tragedies...  Read More >>

The Making of the National Poet is the first extended study of the eighteenth century's revisions and revaluations...  Read More >>

An uproarious and lacerating meditation on life--and death--by a celebrated new voice on the comedy scene. Leary...  Read More >>

This study analyzes the role of the sentenia (proverb, maxim, adage) in the rhetorical process of invention and,...  Read More >>

The series Studien zur deutschen Literatur (Studies in German Literature) presents outstanding analyses of German-speaking...  Read More >>

"An anthology of essays from the classical theatre (Aristotle ""The Origin of Poetry and Tragedy"", Horace from...  Read More >>

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Following the Almeida's recent sold out run, Robert Icke's new production of Hamlet transfers to the West End for...  Read More >>

This revised edition aims to take account of the important work on Shakespeare's language and style between 1981...  Read More >>

This book is part of a controversial new series that raises fundamental questions about the authenticity of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

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The sheer volume of these mostly unrewarded contributions is noteworthy, and this checklist should be consulted...  Read More >>

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This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and...  Read More >>

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By examining both tragedy and the theoretical responses to tragedy, this study demonstrates that the definition...  Read More >>

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Spain’s Golden Age represents a transition from a largely oral tradition to a world in which information and culture...  Read More >>