Literary studies: plays & playwrights books

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Hecuba, in slavery after Troy's fall, fails to dissuade Odysseus, whose life she once saved, from sacrificing her...  Read More >>

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This unique volume examines the evolution of British historical drama from the birth of modern British drama with...  Read More >>

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Part of a series of literary commentaries that are criticisms on French literature in the English language. Each...  Read More >>

Aeschylus' first surviving play about real people and events in 480 B.C.  Read More >>

In ordinary life an Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond leading a quiet, exemplary existence as...  Read More >>

Presents Shiller's dramatic masterpiece, the ""Wallenstein"" trilogy, and ""Mary Stuart"" in their entirety. Includes...  Read More >>

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A new edition of this study which has been described as an ""experiment in multiple biography"". It follows the...  Read More >>

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Here is presented a new theory of the origins of tragedy, based on its perceived kinship with mourning ritual. Mourners...  Read More >>

The concept of illusion as debated in contemporary critical theory has been shaped by developments that took place...  Read More >>

Approaching tragedy through the rhythms of spectatorial engagement and detachment (""aesthetic distance""), this...  Read More >>

Revisions to this edition of The Recruiting Officer"" include new notes based on recent scholarly material and the...  Read More >>

This is a textual analysis of one of Kleist's dramas, which demonstrates how he drew its poetic images, themes and...  Read More >>

Includes a classified, annotated, interdisciplinary bibliography in English of articles, books, chapters, theses,...  Read More >>

Includes ""Oedipus the King"", ""Oedipus at Colonus"" and ""Antigone"".  Read More >>

This book presents the challenging notion that Johnson's evaluation of Shakespeare as 'the poet of nature' was no...  Read More >>

By examining representations of women on stage and in the many printed materials aimed at them, Karen Newman shows...  Read More >>

""Fèur die Korrektur der Fahnenabzèuge und des Umbruchs tragen Annemarie und Franz Link die Verantwortung""--T.p....  Read More >>

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