Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights

Why did ancient autocrats patronise theatre? How could ancient theatre rightly supposed to be an artform that developed and flourished under democ...

Combines historical rigour with an analysis of dramatic contexts, themes and forms The 17 contributors explore the longstanding and vibrant Scottis...

This book provides a critical assessment of dramatic literature since 1995, situating texts, companies and writers in a cultural, political and soc...

Schätzungsweise 60 000 tödlich endende Hexenprozesse in Europa haben nicht nur in Prozessakten Spuren hinterlassen. Im Bewusstsein der Zeitgenossen...

We know William Shakespeare matters but we cannot pinpoint, precisely, why he matters. Lacking reasons why, we do our best to involve him in others...

Examines the impact of hearing on the formal and generic development of early modern theatreEarly modern drama was in fundamental ways an aural art...

Illuminates our understanding of the soul as a historically and philosophically vital concept through Shakespearean dramaSecond Death seeks to revi...

This book is a one-stop-shop for the busy undergraduate studying Shakespeare. Offering detailed guidance to the plays most often taught on undergra...

How can we tune into the ecological dynamics of Shakespeares plays? How can we adapt those plays to address current environmental crises? This is t...

The Arden Encyclopedia of Shakespeares Language is the first comprehensive account of Shakespeares language to use computational methods derived fr...

How can we tune into the ecological dynamics of Shakespeares plays? How can we adapt those plays to address current environmental crises? This is t...

Dialogue is at the heart of Shakespeares plays, and when his characters exchange words, they create social communities. This book is the first to p...

The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators in American theater today. ...

The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators in American theater today. ...

Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination o...

In his engaging new collection, National Book Award finalist Gary Soto creates poems that each begin with a line from Shakespeare and then continue...

This book is a translation of German versions of both Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. The introductions to each play place these versions of Shakespea...

This revised edition of King Richard II: Critical Tradition increases our the play was received and understood by critics, editors and general read...

Shakespeare / Text sets new agendas for the study and use of the Shakespearean text. Written by 20 leading experts on textual matters, each chapter...

This volume documents the reception and interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear by critics, editors and general readers from the late 18t...

How does our understanding of early modern performance, culture and identity change when we decentre Shakespeare? And how might a more inclusive ap...

Arguing for a reconsideration of William Butler Yeatss work in the light of contemporary studies of world literature, Barry Sheils shows how readin...

With its many rites of initiation (religious, educational, professional or sexual), Elizabethan and Jacobean education emphasized both imitation an...

Alienation and Theatricality: Diderot After Brecht

Tragedy: The Basics is an accessible and up-to-date introduction to dramatic tragedy. A comprehensive guide for anyone undertaking a study of the g...

For eighteenth century readers, the contents of a novel were often perceived as part of reality. The first part of this study on the results of thi...

PlayMakers Repertory Company: A History celebrates nearly fifty years of the professional theatre company founded at the University of North Caroli...

In the middle years of the sixteenth century, English drama witnessed the emergence of the tyrant by entrie or the usurper, who supplanted earlier ...