This book features a collection of essays and testimonials that provide new perspectives and incisive criticism on the writings and theatrical productions of Nigerian American author, director, and theorist Femi Euba.
The Ballad-Drama of Medieval Japan delves into the kowaka, a ballad-drama genre that flourished during Japan's tumultuous Medieval Era, a period shaped by samurai culture and the heroic values of loyalty and chivalry.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
This is the first full-length book to investigate Samuel Beckett's work through contemporary ecological thinking, offering a wide range of artistic and scholarly responses to the ecological crises provoked, mediated or challenged by Beckett's work.
Through a selection of essays from a variety of scholarly voices, this volume maps the various ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted, adopted and appropriated in Ireland from the late 17th century through to the present day.
Alongside Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park, Beneatha's Place imagines a life for Lorraine Hansberry's characters from A Raisin in the Sun beyond the confines of her play.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Twelfth Night was received and understood by critics, editors and general readers.
The Ballad-Drama of Medieval Japan delves into the kowaka, a ballad-drama genre that flourished during Japan's tumultuous Medieval Era, a period shaped by samurai culture and the heroic values of loyalty and chivalry.
Gothic Drama from Walpole to Shelley examines the often-overlooked realm of Gothic drama in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, arguing that it deserves equal attention to its more famous counterpart, the Gothic novel.
The concepts of trust and risk provide important insights into the social and cultural life of early modern England but remain relatively unexplored in early modern literary studies.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
In this bold, original study Hedrick proposes an early modern 'entertainment value' revolution, to which Shakespeare contributed and in which he played a competitive role.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
In Chaucerian Play: Comedy and Control in the Canterbury Tales, the author examines the intricate relationship between laughter, fiction, and the human condition in Chaucer's work.
The Anatomy of Drama by Alan Reynolds Thompson argues that drama, as an art form, is essential to the vitality of civilization, especially during times of global upheaval.
This book features a collection of essays and testimonials that provide new perspectives and incisive criticism on the writings and theatrical productions of Nigerian American author, director, and theorist Femi Euba.
Through a selection of essays from a variety of scholarly voices, this volume maps the various ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted, adopted and appropriated in Ireland from the late 17th century through to the present day.
The Anatomy of Drama by Alan Reynolds Thompson argues that drama, as an art form, is essential to the vitality of civilization, especially during times of global upheaval.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
In Chaucerian Play: Comedy and Control in the Canterbury Tales, the author examines the intricate relationship between laughter, fiction, and the human condition in Chaucer's work.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
Auslöser eines großen Theaterskandals und Reiseführer durch ein unbekanntes Universum: Roland Barthes ist in seinem Racine-Buch als ingeniöser Analytiker von Macht- und Affektstrukturen neu zu entdecken.
The concepts of trust and risk provide important insights into the social and cultural life of early modern England but remain relatively unexplored in early modern literary studies.
The study of medieval drama has long been hindered by the absence of a centralized, comprehensive bibliography that accommodates the wide-ranging interests of scholars and students.
Told against the backdrop of Dublin's burgeoning gay rights movement of the 1980s and 1990s and the contemporary LGBTQ+ community of today, Once Before I Go explores the bonds of Irish queer lives across three decades in Dublin, London and Paris.
