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Shakespeare and Disability Studies£16.99 Sonya Freeman Loftis
9780198864547 Examines the interrelations of Shakespeare studies and disability studies, and demonstrates that Shakespeare can be read through disability theory in ways that need not rely on character-based analysis. |
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Shakespeare and the Romantics£16.99 David Fuller
9780199679126 This volume illustrates the meanings the Romantics took from Shakespeare. It studies the critical practices and theories that evolved in England, Germany, and France, as well as the English stage and the relations between performance, criticism, and scholarship. |
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Shakespeare and East Asia£16.99 Alexa Alice Joubin
9780198703570 This volume explores post-1950s East Asian interpretations of Shakespeare and it analyses cinematic and dramatic works from Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. |
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George Bernard Shaw: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Christopher Wixson
9780198850090 Christopher Wixson introduces George Bernard Shaw, the greatest playwright in English after Shakespeare. Taking a chronological approach through his works, he provides an overview of Shaw's sensibility as a writer, and studies the creative evolution of core themes and styles throughout his long career. |
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Sophocles: Oedipus the King: A New Verse Translation£12.99 David Kovacs
9780198854845 Sophocles' great masterpiece, Oedipus the King, is here translated into highly-polished English verse alongside an introduction and notes to the translation which seek to make his achievements in both plot and language accessible to students at graduate, undergraduate, and secondary school level. |
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Robert Browning: Selected Writings£15.99 Richard Cronin, Dorothy McMillan
9780198797623 This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Robert Browning (1812-1889). The edition includes the very first poem he published to works written at the end of his life, and includes an Introduction, Chronology, and full commentary notes. |
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The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works£36.99 William Shakespeare, Gary Taylor, John Jowett, Terri Bourus, Gabriel Egan
9780198749721 A completely new modern-spelling edition of all of Shakespeare's plays and poems, edited afresh from the original texts. With extensive introductions and on-page notes, it gives students and theatre-lovers the very best resources to understand and enjoy Shakespeare's works. |
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Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction£7.99 Stanley Wells
9780198785293 Shakespeare's tragedies contain an astonishing variety of suffering, from suicides and murders to dismemberments and grief. Stanley Wells considers how the bard's tragic plays drew on the literary and theatrical conventions of his time. Discussing the individual plays, he also explores why tragedy is regarded as a fit subject for entertainment. |
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Modern Drama: A Very Short Introduction£7.99 Kirsten Shepherd-Barr
9780199658770 This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama "modern". |
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The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Drama£30.00 Thomas Betteridge, Greg Walker
9780198715566 This is the first comprehensive study of Tudor drama that sees the long 16th century from the accession of Henry Tudor to the death of Elizabeth as a whole, taking in the numinous drama of the 'Mystery Plays' and the early work of Shakespeare. It is an invaluable account of current scholarship and an introduction to the complexity of Tudor drama. |
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William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Stanley Wells
9780198718628 In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world's greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how and why he continues to be so influential and important to society today. |
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Theatre: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Marvin Carlson
9780199669820 Theatre is one of the longest-standing art forms of modern civilization. Taking a global look at how various forms of theatre - including puppetry, dance, and mime - have been interpreted and enjoyed, this Very Short Introduction explores all aspects of the theatre, including its relationship with religion, literature, and its value worldwide. |
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The Poetic EddaSecond Edition £9.99 Carolyne Larrington
9780199675340 A fully revised translation of the great collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda, containing the narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods. Gods, giants, and human heroes populate the poems. This edition includes three new poems. |
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Three Plays: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Henry IV, The Mountain Giants£8.99 Luigi Pirandello, Anthony Mortimer
9780199641192 Pirandello is a seminal figure in modern drama. This is the only one-volume edition of his two most famous plays, Six Characters in Search of an Author and Henry IV, and his last unfinished masterpiece The Mountain Giants, in lively and performable new translations that remain faithful to the letter and spirit of the originals. |
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Little DorritNew Edition £8.99 Charles Dickens, Harvey Peter Sucksmith, Dennis Walder
9780199596485 Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, Arthur Clennam searches for the key to the affairs of the Dorrit family, prisoners for debt in the Marshalsea. Mixing humour and pathos, irony and satire, Little Dorrit reveals a master of fiction in top form. This new edition includes all of Phiz's original illustrations. |
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Phineas FinnNew Edition £10.99 Anthony Trollope, Simon Dentith
9780199581436 Phineas Finn, the handsome Irishman, is intent on making a career in government. His love life marches hand in hand with his political career, and in both he must decide whether to stay true to his principles. The second ofTrollope's Palliser novels, Phineas Finn paints a vivid picture of some very topical dilemmas. |
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Phineas ReduxNew Edition £10.99 Anthony Trollope, John Bowen
9780199583485 When Phineas Finn returns from Ireland to the parliamentary fray, his political advancement is complicated by his romantic relations with three powerful women; his very life is at stake when he is accused of murder. The fourth of Trollope's Palliser novels, Phineas Redux is a spellbinding achievement, and the first modern 'media' novel. |
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The Eustace DiamondsNew Edition £9.99 Anthony Trollope, Helen Small
9780199587780 Lizzie Eustace's determination to hold on to a fabulous diamond necklace entangles her in a web of deceit that involves her cousin and his fiancée in a story that is part sensation fiction, part detective novel, part political satire and part romance. Hugely engaging, the novel is also a highly revealing study of Victorian Britain. |
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The Prime MinisterNew Edition £10.99 Anthony Trollope, Nicholas Shrimpton
9780199587193 Plantagenet Palliser's fragile coalition government and troubled marriage is set against the social climbing of the unscrupulous financial speculator Ferdinand Lopez, whose relationship with Emily Wharton generates misery and scandal. Part of the Palliser series, the novel is one of Trollope's most complex. |
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Selected Poems: with parallel German text£10.99 Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Vilain, Susan Ranson, Marielle Sutherland
9780199569410 Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, whose poetry explores themes of death, love, and loss. This bilingual edition fully reflects Rilke's poetic development and includes the full text of the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus in accurate and sensitive new translations. |
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