Literary studies: plays and playwrights

This book argues that the destruction of Jerusalem is a key explanatory trope for early modern texts.

This book explores the rich range of meanings that Shakespeare finds in the natural world, enabling new readings of his works.

This collection tells the life stories of the people whom we know Shakespeare encountered, shedding new light on Shakespeare''s life and times.

This book explores the rich range of meanings that Shakespeare finds in the natural world, enabling new readings of his works.

This collection tells the life stories of the people whom we know Shakespeare encountered, shedding new light on Shakespeare''s life and times.

This accessible Introduction provides an in-depth overview of absurdism and its key figures in theatre and literature.

A fully illustrated study of Shakespeare''s awareness of traditions in visual art and their presence in his plays and poems.

This book explores how Shakespeare is still alive as a global cultural icon, on the 400th anniversary of his death.

This book explores how Shakespeare is still alive as a global cultural icon, on the 400th anniversary of his death.

A fully illustrated study of Shakespeare''s awareness of traditions in visual art and their presence in his plays and poems.

Explores a new area of ancient literary theory and criticism by examining how landscape and metaphor shape discussions of style.

Eminent Japanese and Western scholars provide a concise and accessible overview of Japanese theatre, and its continuing global influence.

This accessible Introduction provides an in-depth overview of absurdism and its key figures in theatre and literature.

Explores a new area of ancient literary theory and criticism by examining how landscape and metaphor shape discussions of style.

Eminent Japanese and Western scholars provide a concise and accessible overview of Japanese theatre, and its continuing global influence.

The theme for Shakespeare Survey 68 is ''Shakespeare, Origins and Originality''.

This book reveals the most popular instrument in the world as it was in the age of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare.

The theme for Shakespeare Survey 68 is ''Shakespeare, Origins and Originality''.

This book reveals the most popular instrument in the world as it was in the age of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare.

An up-to-date survey of the key themes and debates surrounding screen adaptations and productions of Shakespeare''s Othello.

An up-to-date survey of the key themes and debates surrounding screen adaptations and productions of Shakespeare''s Othello.

A cutting-edge and comprehensive reassessment of the theories, practices and archival evidence that shape editorial approaches to Shakespeare''s texts.

A cutting-edge and comprehensive reassessment of the theories, practices and archival evidence that shape editorial approaches to Shakespeare''s texts.

The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.

This book explores the methodologies and assumptions governing answers to the question ''what did Shakespeare actually write?

This book explores the methodologies and assumptions governing answers to the question ''what did Shakespeare actually write?

Mark B.

The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.

Mark B.

Specially written for students and enthusiasts, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre and cultural life.

A thoroughly revised 2009 edition of this most entertaining and authoritative overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time.

Specially written for students and enthusiasts, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre and cultural life.

A thoroughly revised 2009 edition of this most entertaining and authoritative overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time.

Erik Gunderson reads Seneca''s philosophy and tragedy together, exploring the possibility of enlightenment and the human capacity for wisdom and knowledge.

This Companion examines the complete works of Seneca in context and establishes the importance of his legacy in Western thought.

This volume freshly illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs, practices and issues, and their representation in Shakespeare''s plays.

Erik Gunderson reads Seneca''s philosophy and tragedy together, exploring the possibility of enlightenment and the human capacity for wisdom and knowledge.

This book explores Williams'' late plays in terms of a ''theatre of excess'', which seeks liberation through exaggeration, chaos, ambiguity, and laughter.

The first detailed analysis of the important role pollution and its counterparts - purity and purification - play in Greek tragedy.

This book explores Williams'' late plays in terms of a ''theatre of excess'', which seeks liberation through exaggeration, chaos, ambiguity, and laughter.

The first detailed analysis of the important role pollution and its counterparts - purity and purification - play in Greek tragedy.

This Companion examines the complete works of Seneca in context and establishes the importance of his legacy in Western thought.

This volume freshly illuminates the diversity of early modern religious beliefs, practices and issues, and their representation in Shakespeare''s plays.

In his detailed study of Euripides'' play, Helen, C.

This book shows how both verbal and visual allusion position the plays of New Comedy within the context of contemporary polis culture.

An accessible edition of a recently discovered account of Ben Jonson''s walk to Edinburgh with full annotation and contextual essays.

An accessible edition of a recently discovered account of Ben Jonson''s walk to Edinburgh with full annotation and contextual essays.

This collection is the first study of student Shakespeare productions at universities and colleges across the world.

This collection is the first study of student Shakespeare productions at universities and colleges across the world.

This book shows how both verbal and visual allusion position the plays of New Comedy within the context of contemporary polis culture.