Literary studies: plays and playwrights

An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.

This is a revised version of the book which was privately published by the author in 1982.

Of all that has been written recently on Shakespearean comedy much is cross-sectional; much has pursued themes, patterns, images and son on, recurring throughout the sequence of plays.

In this book White "traces the influence of both the comedies and tragedies [of Shakespeare] on Keats's work.

This encyclopedia-style dicitonary explores early modern social life, legal thought, and the interactions within Shakespearean drama.

Dr White examines the ways in which Shakespeare uses formal conventions from romance throughout his writing career, especially in giving formal completion to a play without forfeiting the 'open-ended' sense of life's complexity.

A fascinating intertextual study of the classic biblical tragedy of Saul, the first king of Israel, as first narrated in biblical narrative and later reworked in Lamartine's drama Saul: Tragédie and Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Touching on everyone from Marlowe to Middleton, Essays on Elizabethan Drama is a rigorous collection of Eliots works on the great dramatists of the 16th century.

This book explores emotion in a range of literary works, in the context of current neurobiological, psychological, sociological and other empirical research.

This book explores emotion in a range of literary works, in the context of current neurobiological, psychological, sociological and other empirical research.

Egan traces a century of arguments about editing Shakespeare''s plays, revealing what''s at stake in presenting them to modern readers.

An engaging introductory guide to Chekhov, one of the most important and influential modern writers of fiction and drama.

An approachable and engaging guide to Shakespeare''s poetry, this volume provides students with ways to understand and appreciate the poems.

This book explores the vengeance permeating English Renaissance drama, connecting bloodthirsty and blackly comic plays with economics and political resistance.

Egan traces a century of arguments about editing Shakespeare''s plays, revealing what''s at stake in presenting them to modern readers.

An approachable and engaging guide to Shakespeare''s poetry, this volume provides students with ways to understand and appreciate the poems.

This book explores the vengeance permeating English Renaissance drama, connecting bloodthirsty and blackly comic plays with economics and political resistance.

This book studies the Shakespearean history play, examining the work of the Queen''s Men and their influence on Shakespeare.

An engaging introductory guide to Chekhov, one of the most important and influential modern writers of fiction and drama.

An accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays.

This book explores the notion of paternity in early modern poetry, providing close readings of the major works of the time.

This book examines the radical changes in drama during the Romantic period, tracing how these changes affected theatre performance, acting, and audience.

Leading literary scholars and historians examine Shakespeare''s engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought.

An original study of the influence of Shakespeare on twentieth-century poets, and of intertextual relations among those poets.

An accessible introduction for students and anyone interested in increasing their enjoyment of Greek tragic plays.

This book explores the notion of paternity in early modern poetry, providing close readings of the major works of the time.

This book examines the radical changes in drama during the Romantic period, tracing how these changes affected theatre performance, acting, and audience.

An original study of the influence of Shakespeare on twentieth-century poets, and of intertextual relations among those poets.

This book explores key topics in the interpretation of the tragedies of the fifth-century BCE Athenian poet Euripides.

Why should we bother with Shakespeare today?

Examines a variety of plays between 1550–1600 to demonstrate how they asserted ideas and ideals of ''Englishness'' for audiences.

A detailed exploration of Ben Jonson''s relationship with his single most enduring and significant literary model, Horace.

This book provides a reassessment of the relationship between Reformed theology and early modern literature, with analysis of key writers and thinkers.

This book argues that the comic plays of Plautus and Terence are sophisticated literary works requiring close attention from the reader.

Using fresh print and manuscript evidence, this book provides a new reading of playscripts in the Shakespearean period.

This book analyses how the outrage caused by controversial plays or productions reflects the moral standards of the time.

Using computer analysis, this book confronts the main unsolved mysteries of authorship in Shakespeare''s canon, providing some surprising conclusions.

This book examines Shakespeare''s plays and defines specific Shakespearean aesthetic practices in his use of desire, death and mourning.

This book explores key topics in the interpretation of the tragedies of the fifth-century BCE Athenian poet Euripides.

Why should we bother with Shakespeare today?

This book studies the Shakespearean history play, examining the work of the Queen''s Men and their influence on Shakespeare.

This book provides a reassessment of the relationship between Reformed theology and early modern literature, with analysis of key writers and thinkers.

Using fresh print and manuscript evidence, this book provides a new reading of playscripts in the Shakespearean period.

This book argues that the comic plays of Plautus and Terence are sophisticated literary works requiring close attention from the reader.

This book analyses how the outrage caused by controversial plays or productions reflects the moral standards of the time.

Leading literary scholars and historians examine Shakespeare''s engagement with the characteristic questions of early modern political thought.

Using computer analysis, this book confronts the main unsolved mysteries of authorship in Shakespeare''s canon, providing some surprising conclusions.