A classic of world literature, Goethes Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Martin Greenberg re-creates not only the texts varied meter and rhyme but also its diverse tones and styles dram...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9781501520341)
Narratives of Working Women in Early Modern London: Gendering the City analyzes depictions of non-elite, working women in relation to specific London neighborhoods and sites in early modern drama and culture from primarily the late sixte...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783119145282)
This study examines ten Irish versions of Greek tragedy that have been written and produced between 1988 and 2019. Its focus is on the transformations that different formal elements of the Greek plays undergo in conjunction with the foregrounding...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines dramatic dialogue in English-language theatre, tracing verbal invention across four centuries from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy right up to contemporary English and American theatre. Published posthumously, this r...Lasīt vairāk
A go-to guide to help undergraduates navigate their way through university Shakespeare, examining 16 key plays. Addressing the transition from pre-university to undergraduate Shakespeare studies, this introductory critical guide examine...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: The Arden Shakespeare, ISBN-13: 9781350444270)
Addressing the transition from pre-university to undergraduate Shakespeare studies, this introductory critical guide examines 16 key plays. Each chapter focuses on modern theoretical methods, close reading skills, early modern contexts, and pro...Lasīt vairāk
This transdisciplinary study expands on theories of theatricality beyond performance studies and into poetry, media technology, translation studies, critical and psychoanalytic theory. Builds upon Antonin Artauds elaboration of the theatre as a plag...Lasīt vairāk
The Body and the Senses in Greek Tragedy investigates how embodied knowledge and experience shape the language and performance of Greek tragic plays. Working at the intersection of embodiment theories, theater, and performance studies, this book bri...Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1969, Shaw The Chucker Out quotes much entirely new and previously unpublished Shaw material (the fruits of six years research at the British Museum and elsewhere) as the basis for his aim of assisting towards a...Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1920, The Quintessence of Bernard Shaw, the title a play on Shaws own essay The Quintessence of Ibsenism, offered a coherent review of his ideas mainly, though not exclusively, as expressed in his plays and p...Lasīt vairāk
This 6-volume set, first published between 1920 and 1973, presents titles examining the life, philosophy, and dramatic contributions of George Bernard Shaw. These books offer comprehensive analyses of Shaws career as a play...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1971, this first full-length treatment of Shaw as director is important for several reasons: Shaw was one of the few major playwrights who frequently directed his own works; he was a good director; and he is an early example of th...Lasīt vairāk
It was Shaws general contention that all great art was didactic; it was his specific contention that he wrote plays to convert people to his opinions on Social Economy, Political Economy and Vital Economy. In this study of Bernard Shaws plays, first...Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1973, Dukore discusses the theory of drama that is the basis of Shaws comedies, which present his views of mores and follies. He proposes fresh perspectives from which to regard Shaws works for the theatre works that were ar...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 1972, Shaws plays are examined as self-contained imaginative structures intended for theatrical performance. Beginning with his novels, the book covers the whole span of Shaws career as a dramatist playing special attention to cri...Lasīt vairāk
This handsome hardback edition presents William Shakespeares classic tragedy, Macbeth, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges. Often referred to superstitiously as the Scottish play, Macbeth is one of...Lasīt vairāk
