Literary studies: plays and playwrights

A lively and accessible account of the most popular form of nineteenth-century English theatre, and its continuing influence today.

Argues that the songs of Pindar and Aeschylus share a "theatrical" spirit that illuminates choral performance in Classical Greece.

Discusses the most recent advances in the Beckett field and the new methods used to approach it.

Shakespeare is both the world''s most quoted author and a frequent quoter himself.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Complete Plays"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Outlining a classical ''rhetorical'' system, this is the first serious overview of how European actors c.

The 71st in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production.

A history of the reception of Shakespeare on the English stage focusing on the vocal dimensions of theatrical performance.

This second volume of the works of Anne Finch presents previously unpublished poems and letters alongside works in Finch''s authorised print volume.

Establishing the text of works in Anne Finch''s early manuscript book, this first volume includes previously unpublished poetry and surviving plays.

What happened to Greek tragedy after the death of Euripides?

This book demonstrates how the book trade of 1640–1740 canonised Shakespeare by selling, editing and promoting his plays and poems.

An original exploration of Ancient Greek conceptions of the relationship between memory, time, knowledge and identity across diverse genres.

Provides a comprehensive critical engagement with Roman comedy and its reception presented by leading international scholars in accessible and up-to-date chapters.

Illuminates the ways Shakespeare''s works provide a rich and imaginative resource for thinking about war in all its complexity.

Reveals the contribution of Irish writers to the Georgian English stage; argues that theatre is an important strand of the Irish Enlightenment.

Worthen uses contemporary Shakespeare performance to explore the technicity of theatre: its changing work as an intermedial technology.

Reveals the contribution of Irish writers to the Georgian English stage; argues that theatre is an important strand of the Irish Enlightenment.

Worthen uses contemporary Shakespeare performance to explore the technicity of theatre: its changing work as an intermedial technology.

Showcases cutting-edge research into this most famous tradition of European theatre, presented in English for the first time.

The third New Cambridge edition of Shakespeare''s Othello, updated by Christina Luckyj for the contemporary student reader.

Examination of literacy and reading habits in nineteenth-century Ireland and implications for an emerging cultural nationalism.

Features an updated introduction analysing recent critical and performance interpretations, and a revised reading list.

This book outlines Beckett''s passion for the visual arts as he developed his signature style between the 1930s and 1970s.

This book outlines Beckett''s passion for the visual arts as he developed his signature style between the 1930s and 1970s.

A study of remembrance in post-Reformation England in religious and secular artworks and texts by Shakespeare, Milton, and women writers.

A discussion of the connections between believing in Shakespeare''s play and a post-Reformation understanding of salvation.

Ibsen in Context provides an unparalleled wealth of material on Ibsen''s life, career, works and afterlives.

Ibsen in Context provides an unparalleled wealth of material on Ibsen''s life, career, works and afterlives.

Provides a novel account of how Shakespeare constructs his great tragic characters.

This book demonstrates the pervading influence of visual art in the composition, production and reception of Renaissance English drama.

This book covers all of Albee''s original plays, spanning his entire career and containing unparalleled insights from personal interviews with the playwright.

Anne Barton''s final book uncovers the pervasive presence of woodland in early modern drama, revealing its persistent imaginative power.

This book demonstrates the pervading influence of visual art in the composition, production and reception of Renaissance English drama.

This book covers all of Albee''s original plays, spanning his entire career and containing unparalleled insights from personal interviews with the playwright.

Anne Barton''s final book uncovers the pervasive presence of woodland in early modern drama, revealing its persistent imaginative power.

Lively and up-to-date critical introductions to a rich range of Shakespeare adaptations for film, video and television.

Lively and up-to-date critical introductions to a rich range of Shakespeare adaptations for film, video and television.

Examining how technological developments in performance practices affect spectator experience of Shakespeare and early modern drama.

Tom Stoppard in Context illuminates the cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts of one of the most important modern playwrights.

Examining how technological developments in performance practices affect spectator experience of Shakespeare and early modern drama.

Tom Stoppard in Context illuminates the cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts of one of the most important modern playwrights.

Introduces nine exciting and talented playwrights who have emerged in twenty-first century America, exploring issues of race, gender and society.

Introduces nine exciting and talented playwrights who have emerged in twenty-first century America, exploring issues of race, gender and society.

This is an examination of how early modern poets attempt to capture the experience of being in the grip of conscience.

Explores fundamental questions of human will and action in early modern theology and literature.

This is an examination of how early modern poets attempt to capture the experience of being in the grip of conscience.

Beckett''s Political Imagination uncovers Beckett''s lifelong engagement with political thought and political history.

Beckett''s Political Imagination uncovers Beckett''s lifelong engagement with political thought and political history.

The seventieth volume in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production.