Shakespeare and the Making of Theatre
ISBN: 9780230218680 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A highly engaging text that approaches Shakespeare as a maker of theatre, as well as a writer of literature. Leading performance critics dismantle Shakespeare's texts, identifying theatrical cues in ways which develop understanding of the underlying theatricality of Shakespeare's plays and stimulate further performances.
A highly engaging text that approaches Shakespeare as a maker of theatre, as well as a writer of literature. Leading performance critics dismantle Sha...
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Measure for Measure
ISBN: 9780230243903 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition of Shakespeare's dark comedy of sexual desire and hypocrisy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with one leading director and two actors (Trevor Nunn, Roger Allam, and Josette Simon), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate.
This new edition of Shakespeare's dark comedy of sexual desire and hypocrisy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with one leading d...
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45,37 zł |
The Taming of the Shrew
ISBN: 9780230272071 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition of Shakespeare's controversial comedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Gregory Doran and Phyllida Lloyd and the actress Michelle Gomez, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate.
This new edition of Shakespeare's controversial comedy, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Gregory Doran a...
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Richard II
ISBN: 9780230272200 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shakespeare's tragic history of a ruler losing his grip on power, this edition of 'Richard II' includes explanatory notes and an introduction to Shakespeare's career and the Elizabethan theatre.
Shakespeare's tragic history of a ruler losing his grip on power, this edition of 'Richard II' includes explanatory notes and an introduction to Shake...
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45,37 zł |
Troilus and Cressida
ISBN: 9780230272262 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shakespeare's great tragedy of love and war, this edition of 'Troilus and Cressida' features explanatory notes, a scene-by-scene analysis and other key facts about the play.
Shakespeare's great tragedy of love and war, this edition of 'Troilus and Cressida' features explanatory notes, a scene-by-scene analysis and other ke...
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45,37 zł |
Webster: The White Devil
ISBN: 9780230279766 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This introductory guide to one of Webster's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene commentary of the play in performance, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading. This introductory guide to one of Webster's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene commentary of the play in performance, a brief histo... |
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111,00 zł |
Shakespeare and Conflict: A European Perspective
ISBN: 9780230343276 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are Shakespeare's uses of the conceptual space of conflict? And what has been the role played by principles, patterns and situations of conflict in the construction of the Shakespeare myth, and in its European and then global spread? This collection looks, from a truly pan-European vantage point, at the variety of conflictive and conflicting dimensions embedded in Shakespeare's texts (Part I); at the way Shakespeare's universe of discourse has been enlisted to address and dramatize conflicts of a socio-political, cultural or aesthetic nature (Part II); and at how Shakespearean meanings...
What are Shakespeare's uses of the conceptual space of conflict? And what has been the role played by principles, patterns and situations of conflict ...
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194,08 zł |
The Shakespeare First Folios: A Descriptive Catalogue
ISBN: 9780230517653 / Angielski / Twarda / 935 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This catalogue of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623) is the result of two decades of research during which 232 surviving copies of this immeasurably important book were located a remarkable 72 more than were recorded in the previous census over a century ago and examined in situ, creating an essential reference work.
This catalogue of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623) is the result of two decades of research during which 232 surviving copies of this immeasurably i...
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Weyward Macbeth: Intersections of Race and Performance
ISBN: 9780230616424 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Weyward Macbeth, a volume of entirely new essays, provides innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the various ways Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' has been adapted and appropriated within the context of American racial constructions. Comprehensive in its scope, this collection addresses the enduringly fraught history of 'Macbeth' in the United States, from its appearance as the first Shakespearean play documented in the American colonies to a proposed Hollywood film version with a black diasporic cast. Over two dozen contributions explore 'Macbeth's' haunting presence in American drama,...
Weyward Macbeth, a volume of entirely new essays, provides innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the various ways Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'...
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213,50 zł |
Shakespeare: A Biographical Handbook
ISBN: 9780313250422 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bentley presents the life and working methods of William Shakespeare with the strictest fidelity to the surviving documentation. By presenting the hundred or more surviving Shakespearean documents in the context of similar records, against the background of Elizabethan customs and prejudices, and in relation to one another, he sets up an essential outline of Shakespeare's life.
Bentley presents the life and working methods of William Shakespeare with the strictest fidelity to the surviving documentation. By presenting the ... |
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574,68 zł |
Hamlet
ISBN: 9780333541289 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the differences between traditional readings of Hamlet and those produced by modern criticism? What sort of questions does structuralist or feminist criticism raise? What issues are foregrounded by contemporary critics and how do these challenge our understanding of the play? This new collection on Hamlet brings together three traditional essays on the play and sets them alongside nine pieces of modern criticism that reflect the way in which contemporary discussion of Shakespeare is now heavily indebted to the ideas of structuralism, feminism, deconstruction, Marxism and new...
What are the differences between traditional readings of Hamlet and those produced by modern criticism? What sort of questions does structuralist or f...
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151,37 zł |
Macbeth
ISBN: 9780333544433 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new collection of recent essays by the most important scholars, critics and theorists of today, with a lively and accessible introduction by Alan Sinfield. In diverse ways, Macbeth is approached as a play where provocative ideas about gender language and political structures are exposed and tested. This New Casebook is full of exciting ideas about Macbeth and is a convenient way to assess recent critical developments through the work of the best current commentators on Shakespeare.
A new collection of recent essays by the most important scholars, critics and theorists of today, with a lively and accessible introduction by Alan Si...
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151,37 zł |
Othello
ISBN: 9780333633571 / Angielski / Miękka / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of recent essays provides readers with examples of feminist, new-historicist, cultural materialist, deconstructive, and post-colonial criticism of Othello. Together they show how Shakespeare's play continues to signify in popular culture as well as in critical history. The volume includes a helpful introduction on critical approaches to Shakespeare and a guide to further reading.
This collection of recent essays provides readers with examples of feminist, new-historicist, cultural materialist, deconstructive, and post-colonial ...
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151,37 zł |
William Shakepeare's: The Merchant of Venice
ISBN: 9780415240529 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. e Merchant of Venice is variously described as disturbing, challenging and haunting. Most theatre audiences and students of the play would agree that it is both fascinating and unforgettable. In this Routledge Literary Sourcebook S. P. Cerasano provides a balance of clear commentary and crucial reprinted materials to allow a rich understanding of one of Shakespeare's most widely performed plays. She begins by exploring the contexts of the play, highlighting early modern mythologies of Venice, images of Jewishness and issues of commercialism not only in the text but in the theatre and in...
e Merchant of Venice is variously described as disturbing, challenging and haunting. Most theatre audiences and students of the play would agree that ...
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100,89 zł |
The Wheel of Fire
ISBN: 9780415253956 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. It is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar G. Wilson Knight. Founding a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism, Wheel of Fire was Knight's first venture in the field and his analyses are key to contemporary understandings of Shakespeare.
Originally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. It is the masterwork of the brilli...
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75,66 zł |
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780415303330 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (c.1600) is one of his most captivating plays. A comedy of mistaken identities, it has given rise to thought-provoking debates around such issues as gender identity and role-playing, manipulation and deception. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's spirited play offers:
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (c.1600) is one of his most captivating plays. A comedy of mistaken identities, it has given rise to t... |
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Dramatists and their Manuscripts in the Age of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Heywood: Authorship, Authority and the Playhouse
ISBN: 9780415470315 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents new evidence about the ways in which English Renaissance dramatists such as William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Heywood, John Fletcher and Thomas Middleton composed their plays and the degree to which they participated in the dissemination of their texts to theatrical audiences. Grace Ioppolo argues that the path of the transmission of the text was not linear, from author to censor to playhouse to audience - as has been universally argued by scholars - but circular. Authors returned to their texts, or texts were returned to their authors, at any or all stages after... This book presents new evidence about the ways in which English Renaissance dramatists such as William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Heywood, Joh... |
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201,84 zł |
Shakespeare's Ghost Writers: Literature as Uncanny Causality
ISBN: 9780415875561 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The plays of Shakespeare are filled with ghosts - and ghost writing. Shakespeare's Ghost Writers is an examination of the authorship controversy surrounding Shakespeare: the claim made repeatedly that the plays were ghost written. Ghosts take the form of absences, erasures, even forgeries and signatures - metaphors extended to include Shakespeare himself and his haunting of us, and in particular theorists such Derrida, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud - the figure of Shakespeare constantly made and remade by contemporary culture. Marjorie Garber, one of the most eminent... The plays of Shakespeare are filled with ghosts - and ghost writing. Shakespeare's Ghost Writers is an examination of the authorship contr... |
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90,80 zł |
"Richard II"
ISBN: 9780485810028 / Angielski / Twarda / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume documents the course of Shakespeare criticism on Richard II from the earliest items of recorded criticism to the beginnings of the modern period around 1920. The introduction traces the history of the play.
This volume documents the course of Shakespeare criticism on Richard II from the earliest items of recorded criticism to the beginnings of the modern ...
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Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare's Sonnets
ISBN: 9780674065642 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Why Lyrics Last, the internationally acclaimed critic Brian Boyd turns an evolutionary lens on the subject of lyric verse. He finds that lyric making, though it presents no advantages for the species in terms of survival and reproduction, is "universal across cultures because it fits constraints of the human mind." An evolutionary perspective-- especially when coupled with insights from aesthetics and literary history--has much to tell us about both verse and the lyrical impulse. Boyd places the writing of lyrical verse within the human disposition "to play with pattern,"... In Why Lyrics Last, the internationally acclaimed critic Brian Boyd turns an evolutionary lens on the subject of lyric verse. He finds that... |
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257,59 zł |