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| An original reading of Shakespeare's plays illuminating his negotiations with mothers, present and absent, and tracing the genesis of... This second annual volume in the African Theatre series focuses on theintersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include...
Part One places 19th-century dramatist and writer Oscar Wilde's work within the cultural and historical context of his time and includes an... Written by a leading figure in film and literary studies, this accessible textbook offers a first-rate analysis of the process and the art...
A landmark achievement -- expansive, erudite, and passionate -- Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of a lifetime of... Like Faulkner before him, Tennessee Williams gave universal appeal to southern characters and settings. His major plays, from Cat on a Hot...
Ben Jonson (1572-1637), actor, playwright, satirist, and lyric poet, studied under William Camden at Westminster, worked as a bricklayer,... In Honor Thy Gods Jon Mikalson uses the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides to explore popular religious beliefs and practices...
This book investigates the transformation of the Tragic Messenger role, traditionally a minor supporting character in Greek drama who... In The Building in the Text, Roy Eriksen shows that Renaissance writers conceived of their texts in accordance with architectural...
"The fullest and most complete analysis of Stoppard's works from their first presentations to later revivals, this book is a must for anyone... Peter Hyland provides a highly readable account of the historical, social and political pressures of Shakespeare's England and the material...
To your local anchorperson, the word "tragedy" brings to mind an accidental fire at a low-income apartment block, the horrors of a natural... 1: Introduction: Political Philosophy and Poetry 2: On Christian and Jew: The Merchant of Venice 3: Cosmopolitan Man and the Political...
A clear introduction to the idea of the canon, exploring the process by which certain works, and not others, receive high cultural status.... This comprehensive overview examines Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize winning play, its context and production history, and its author's aesthetic...
Part of The Wadsworth Casebooks for Reading, Research, and Writing Series, this new title provides all the materials a student needs to... First study of the women in Ibsen's plays and in the life of the playwright.
A collection which takes an alternative look at the courtly masque in early seventeenth-century England. Shakespeare's Othello has exercised a powerful fascination over audiences for centuries with its intense portrayal of passionate love and...
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