Literary studies: plays and playwrights Books

""Der Reden-Ryckers Stichtighe Tsamenkomste, Op T'Ontsluyt Der Vraghe"" ist ein Buch von Jan Van Waesberghe, das im Jahr 1603 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch enth�����lt eine Sammlung von Reden und Diskussionen, die bei einer ������ffentlichen...

De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Historia est liber historicus a Quinto Curtio Rufo scriptus, qui Alexandri Magni vitam et expeditiones narrat. Liber in decem libros dividitur, quorum primus Alexandri infantiam et educationem describit, et ultimus eius...

Die Edition musiktheatraler Texte gehört zweifellos zu den schwierigeren Aufgaben im Bereich des musikalischen Editionswesens. Dass heute immer noch Grundsatzfragen verhandelt werden, ist ein deutliches Indiz für ein fortbestehendes Forschungsdesiderat,...

This volume presents a new approach to Spanish Baroque drama, inspired by Foucauldian discourse archeology, whose rare fusion of meticulous philology and ambitious theory will be exciting and fruitful both for the specialist of Spanish literature and for...

In a moment of intense uncertainty surrounding the means, ends, and limits of (countering) terrorism, this study approaches the recent theatres of war through theatrical stagings of terror. Theatre on Terror: Subject Positions in British Drama charts the...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

The Glass Door is an adaptation of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. In this version (in three acts), the play has been shortened, the set simplified and updated, and the dialogue revised to some extent. The intent is to make it easier for modern small and...

  “Here is a person who shares with me a love of Shakespeare’s mysterious depths of understanding. The ancient wisdom traditions underlie and sustain the incredible reflection of our souls in Shakespeare.” Sir Mark Rylance, first...

From Mimesis to Interculturalism offers a series of critical readings of key texts in the history of European and American theatrical and performance theory. It answers the need for a detailed critique of theatrical theory from its origins in Greek...

This collection of essays explores a wide range of topics demonstrating why the Shakespeare authorship question matters in the understanding and appreciation of the plays of Shakespeare. By shifting our focus away from the public theaters of London to...

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara, considered a literary classic due to the novel's religious themes contradicting the religious ideas of the time period. As an early...

This textbook provides an innovative approach to support students' learning and acquisition of Spanish through ten plays (all presented in Spanish) from Spain and Latin America. It offers direct interaction through realistic discourse from plays that...

To Be, Or Not To Be? Or Man�������s Present And Future Condition Considered is a philosophical book written by Edmund Baker in 1862. The book explores the existential question of whether it is better to exist or not to exist, and delves into the human...

Titi Livii: Historiarum Romanarum Liber Primus (1881) is a historical book written by Livy. The book is the first in a series of books that document the history of Rome. It was published in 1881 and is written in Latin. The book covers the early history...

The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland Volume 1 is a book written by Jonathan Binns in 1837. The book is a detailed account of the author's travels throughout Ireland, highlighting the country's natural beauty and its people's struggles. Binns' writing is...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""The Man of Mode"" or ""Sir Fopling Flutter"" is a comedy play written by George Etherege and first performed in 1676 at the Duke's Theater in London. The play follows the story of Dorimant, a fashionable and charming man who spends his days pursuing...

The Old Wives Tale is a play written by George Peele in 1595 and published in 1908. The play is set in Windsor and follows the story of a young man named Rafe who falls in love with a woman named Dorothea. However, Dorothea's mother is opposed to the...

Longmans������� School Shakespeare: Consisting Of Twelve Of The Most Suitable Plays For School Reading (1908) is a collection of twelve plays by William Shakespeare, specifically chosen for school reading. The book includes some of Shakespeare's most...

First published in 1986, this title examines a set of English Renaissance texts by Shakespeare, Spenser, Herbert, Marvell and Milton, within the theoretic framework of postmodern thought. Following an opening chapter that argues for the value of this...

First published in 1989, this title explores the relationship between theater and power in the English Renaissance. Shakespeare's Henry V, Richard II, and Macbeth are examined alongside a range of cultural materials, including philosophical and...

In both feminist theory and Shakespearean criticism, questions of sexuality have consistently been conflated with questions of gender. First published in 1992, this book details the intersections and contradictions between sexuality and gender in the...

What can the Globe Theatre tell us about performing Shakespeare?Unearthing Shakespeare is the first book to consider what the Globe, today's replica of Shakespeare's theatre, can contribute to a practical understanding of Shakespeare's plays. Valerie...

First published in 1950. This present work examines the political, economic and social condition of Germany on literature, particular drama, in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-centuries. The author explores drama both in its passive and active...

Le livre intitul����� ""Suppl�����ment ������ la mani�����re d'�����crire l'histoire, ou r�����ponse ������ l'ouvrage"" de Brenellerie, Paul Philippe Gudin De La est un ouvrage de 1784. Il s'agit d'un livre qui s'adresse ������ tous ceux qui...

Specimen Catalogi Codicum Mss. Orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae est liber auctore Henrico Arent Hamaker editus anno MDCCCXX. Hic liber continet catalogum codicum manu scriptorum orientalium in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae...

Nicolai Calliachii De Ludis Scenicis Mimorum Et Pantomimorum (1713) est liber qui tractat de arte scenica mimorum et pantomimorum. Auctor huius operis est Niccolaus Calliachi, qui describit historiam et originem huius artis, modos et formas mimorum et...

La Morte di Nice: Dramma Pastorale (1754) di Giulio Cesare Cordara ����� un'opera teatrale in lingua italiana. Il dramma si svolge in un ambiente pastorale e racconta la storia della giovane e bella Nice, che viene sedotta dal principe Oronte. Tuttavia,...

""Croniche Fiorentine V1"" ����� un libro scritto da Naddo Montecatini nel 1784. Questo volume ����� il primo di una serie di cronache che parlano della citt������ di Firenze e della sua storia. Montecatini racconta gli eventi pi����� importanti che si...

C. Cornelii Taciti Quae Exstant est opus historiographicum a Tacito, Publio Cornelio compositum, quod in anno MDCLIII editum est. Hoc opus continet annales et historias Romanorum imperatorum a Tiberio ad Domitianum, quae Tacitus cum fide, diligentia ac...

Archiepiscoporum Mediolanensium V1: Series Historico-Chronologica Ad Criticae Leges, Et Veterum Monumentorum Fidem Illustrata est liber auctore Sassi, Giuseppe Antonio, anno 1755 editus. Hic liber historiam et chronologiam archiepiscoporum Mediolanensium...

Liber XV V1 Annae Comnenae Alexiadis, editus a Schopen, Ludwig, est pars operis historici quod narrat de vita et gestis Imperatoris Alexii Comneni, auctore Anna Comnena, filia eius. In hoc libro, Anna describit bellum inter Imperium Romanum et Normanos,...

Ancienne Chronique de G�����rard d'Euphrate V1: Duc de Bourgogne (1783) est un livre �����crit par Andr����� Guillaume Contant d'Orville. Il s'agit d'une chronique historique qui relate la vie de G�����rard d'Euphrate, le duc de Bourgogne, au Moyen...

About A Dish of OrtsRead the thoughts of the man who influenced three generations of philosophers and writers. Lovers of fantasy, literary apologetics, and Christian thought will appreciate A Dish of Orts, MacDonald's work on using the imagination to...

This highly original new book by a leading Shakespeare expert and cultural critic argues controversially that the 'samurai Shakespeare' of the Japanese cinematic and theatrical masterpiece-makers Akira Kurosawa and Yukio Ninagawa represents the greatest...

Paul Brian Heise's The Wound That Will Never Heal is an original allegorical reading of Richard Wagner's epic music drama The Ring of the Nibelung. Heise challenges the standard view that Wagner merely dramatizes the conflict between love and power and...

The great American scholar Harold Bloom, in his study of Shakespeare, offered that Shakespeare did not just write some of the greatest plays and characters of all time, but that Shakespeare created a new human being, one that had not existed before, and...