Literary studies: plays and playwrights Books

Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orthodox, Linda Charnes' provocative study of Shakespeare's legacy in contemporary American and British...

With its many rites of initiation (religious, educational, professional or sexual), Elizabethan and Jacobean education emphasized both imitation and discovery in a struggle to bring population to a minimal literacy, while more demanding techniques were...

Shakespeare in Jest draws fascinating parallels between Shakespeare's humour and contemporary humour. Indira Ghose argues that while many of Shakespeare's jokes no longer work for us, his humour was crucial in shaping comedy in today's entertainment...

This book gives close attention to the poetry and plotting of six Shakespeare plays, three tragedies (Coriolanus, Richard III, and King Lear) and three comedies (Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice), paying particular attention...

The First Folio, published in 1623 by Shakespeare's colleagues, was the first complete and faithful publication of plays by the Bard. As the pages were printed, they were checked for errors, and if any were found, they were corrected. But the pages with...

Shakespeare's 'Whores' examines female sexuality in Shakespeare's works in the context of the word 'whore,' historically (and still currently) employed as a weapon against women striving for self-actualization in any realm - political, social, or...

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This book establishes an analytical model for the description of existing translations in their historical context within a framework suggested by systemic concepts of literature. It argues against mainstream 20th-century translation theory and, by...

Originally published in 1961, this book is a study of the ways actors since the time of Shakespeare have portrayed the character of Shylock. A pioneering work in the study of performance history as well as in the portrayal of Jews in English literature...

An absorbing and original addition to Shakespeareana, this handbook of production is for all lovers of Shakespeare whether producer, player, scholar or spectator. In four sections, Staging, Actors and Acting, Costume, Music and Dance, it traces...

This book offers a detailed consideration of the iconic five-volume novel written by Cao Xueqin, translated into English as The Story of the Stone, when read through William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, A Tragedy in five Acts.

Bringing together current intermedial discourses on Shakespeare, music, and dance with the affective turn in the humanities, Dramaturgies of Love in Romeo and Juliet offers a unique and highly innovative transdisciplinary discussion of "unspeakable" love...

Courtesans - women who achieve wealth, status, or power through sexual transgression - have played both a central and contradictory role in literature: they have been admired, celebrated, feared, and vilified. This study of the courtesan in Renaissance...

Das Buch ""Das Satyrspiel: Nach Ma�����gabe Eines Vasenbildes (1848)"" von Friedrich Wieseler ist eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit �����ber das antike griechische Satyrspiel. Das Buch basiert auf der Analyse eines Vasenbildes aus dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr.,...

Das Buch ""Das Italienische Volk Im Spiegel Seiner Volkslieder"" wurde 1879 von Otto Badke ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von italienischen Volksliedern, die einen Einblick in das Leben und die Kultur des italienischen Volkes geben...

Staging Romantic Chameleons and Imposters examines cultural attitudes toward imposture and theatrical and literary representations of chameleonic identities in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England. During this period, chameleonism evoked...

Dieses Buch untersucht die philosophischen Themen und Ideen in den Dramen von William Shakespeare. Es werden über dreihundert Zitate und Passagen aus den Werken des Dichters präsentiert und analysiert und so ein faszinierendes Bild der Philosophie...

In this classic work of literary criticism, Henry Mercer Graves provides a detailed analysis of the works of William Shakespeare, focusing on the characters of Romeo, Hamlet, Juliet, and Ophelia. Drawing on historical research and textual analysis,...

Sidney Lanier offers a comprehensive study of the development of Elizabethan poetry, with a focus on William Shakespeare and his literary influences.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base...

In this insightful study, Marie M. McKenney analyzes the female characters in Shakespeare's plays, exploring their personalities, motivations, and relationships with the male characters. She argues that Shakespeare's women are complex and multifaceted,...

Melancholie als Schlüssel für Hans Henny Jahnns opus magnum Fluß ohne Ufer: Julia Genz nähert sich dem Roman anhand verschiedener Melancholiekonzeptionen (u.a. aus der ikonographischen, medizinischen und philosophischen Tradition) und untersucht über...

Der Aphorismus ist eine Prosa-Kurzform, bei der nicht nur geistreiche Gedanken stringent und originell ausgedrückt werden, sondern dieses Genre verknüpft auch zeitbezogene Kritik mit überzeitlichem Philosophieren. In dieser Weise durchleuchten die...

Federico Garcia Lorca's (1898-1936) powerful and experimental colour-work is a critically undernourished aspect of his craft, particularly in terms of colour's psychological, bodily and material agency. Breaking away from scholarly preoccupations with...

This brief monograph explores why the Shakespeare authorship question matters in the appreciation of the plays. First, a new understanding of a complex play like Troilus and Cressida emerges as the focus shifts to the court of Elizabeth I where the...

Death in classical tragedy is an ending: a symbolic moment of catharsis, read by the audience according to theatrical and cultural tradition. Yet any stage death is also a non-ending: just one in a series of repeated (re)presentations, by an actor who...

Rejected Articles is a collection of essays and articles written by Peter George Patmore in 1826. The book contains a variety of topics, including literary criticism, political commentary, and social commentary. Patmore was a prominent figure in the...

Masculinity and Marian Efficacy in Shakespeare's England offers a new approach to evaluating the psychological 'loss' of the Virgin Mary in post-Reformation England by illustrating how, in the wake of Mary's demotion, re-inscriptions of her roles and...

Questioning whether the impulse to adapt Shakespeare has changed over time, Lynne Bradley argues for restoring a sense of historicity to the study of adaptation. Bradley compares Nahum Tate's History of King Lear (1681), adaptations by David Garrick in...

In the early seventeenth century, the London stage often portrayed a ruler covertly spying on his subjects. Traditionally deemed 'Jacobean disguised ruler plays', these works include Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Marston's The Malcontent and The...

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Annae Comnenae Alexiadis Libri XV V1 est opus historicum quod a Ludovico Schopeno anno 1839 editum est. In hoc libro, Anna Comnena, filia imperatoris Alexii I Comneni, vitam et res gestas patris sui describit. Libri XV sunt pleni narrationibus de bellis,...

Lidorie, Partie 1-2 : Ancienne Chronique Allusive (1790) de Gorgy, Jean-Claude est un livre qui raconte l'histoire de Lidorie, un pays imaginaire. Le livre est divis����� en deux parties et a �����t����� �����crit en 1790. L'auteur, Jean-Claude Gorgy,...

Shakespeare and his work have inspired many books by literary scholars and historians throughout the century. What can we know about a man of whom nothing is known, except what he chose to let his characters say and do? Can there really be any certainty...

The Siege of Antwerp is a historical play written by William Kennedy and published in 1838. The play is set during the Dutch War of Independence in the late 16th century and follows the events leading up to the Siege of Antwerp in 1585. The story centers...

Il Filostrato ����� un poema epico scritto da Giovanni Boccaccio nel 1789. La storia racconta l'amore proibito tra Troilo, un nobile cavaliere greco, e Criseida, una giovane troiana. La loro relazione ����� ostacolata dal conflitto tra i loro popoli in...

Essai Dun Trait����� Du Stile Des Cours: Ou R�����flexions Sur La Mani�����re D������������crire Dans Les Affaires D������������tat (1776) est un livre �����crit par Jens Schielderup Sneedorff. Ce livre traite de la mani�����re d'�����crire dans les...

""Elsdale Hall Or The Days Of Oliver Cromwell: A Play In Three Acts"" is a historical play written by Charles Hannay Oswin and published in 1843. The play is set during the English Civil War and follows the story of a group of characters who are living...