Drama History & Criticism 78

"Breve fra og til Johan Ludvig Heiberg" viser et udvalg af breve fra 1805-1859 til og fra den berømte dramatiker, der havde sin gang blandt romantikkens kulturelite. Bogen indeholder både brevudveks……続きを見る

Litteraturforsker og Holberg-ekspert F. J. Billeskov Jansen analyserer og kommenterer Ludvig Holbergs værker og trækker litteraturhistoriske tråde til en ny og anderledes forståelse af den kendte da……続きを見る

"Lev menneske" et tragikomisk skuespil om hverdagen og tiden, der går. Rampelyset stilles ind på en håndfuld hverdagsmennesker. De kender hinanden fra gadebilledet, køen i supermarkedet, bænken ved ……続きを見る

This fully re-edited, modernised play text is accompanied by insightful commentary notes, while its lively introduction explains why Webster's interests in complex female lead characters and questio……続きを見る

"Denne bog rummer en undersøgelse af en genre, der i alle henseender er karakteristisk for det attende aarhundrede, og hvis placering i denne brogede periode af aandshistorien er betydnings: det føl……続きを見る

Ludvig Holberg er på mange måder synonym med den danske oplysningstid, og den store forfatter og filosof havde noget at sige om næsten alt. Professor i nordisk litteratur Thomas Bredsdorff giver en ……続きを見る

"Historien gentager sig aldrig - kun hvis du glemmer den" er et skuespil omhandlende unge mennesker under besættelsestiden. Gerd Rindel (f. 1941) er en dansk forfatter, der primært har skrevet roman……続きを見る

Shakespeares teater er renæssancen i dramatisk anretning, den personlige relation mellem to kraftcentre: individet og Gud. Mennesket er ikke i sidste ende et afmægtigt væsen, der er givet en blind s……続きを見る

What did publicity look like before the eighteenth century? What were its uses and effects, and around whom was it organized? The essays in this collection ask these questions of early modern London……続きを見る

In 2011, the centennial of Tennessee Williams’s birth, events were held around the world honoring America’s greatest playwright. There were festivals, conferences, and exhibitions held in places clo……続きを見る

Spanish Golden Age drama as an expression of morality falls between the extremes of art-for-art's-sake and utilitarianism. According to Spanish literary critics of the 16th and 17th centuries, drama……続きを見る

Divine retribution, Robert Reed argues, is a principal driving force in Shakespeare's English history plays and three of his major tragedies. Reed finds evidence of the playwright's growing ingenuit……続きを見る

The mythological, folkloric, and religious beliefs of Western culture have resulted in a long and ongoing history of esoteric themes in theatre from the Middle Ages to the present in Spain and the A……続きを見る

Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play Set in London's Soho in the 1980s, Cruise tells the story of what should have been Michael Spencer's last night on Earth. Diagnosed with HIV in……続きを見る

Gender, Performance, and Authorship at the Abbey Theatre argues for a reconsideration of authorship at the Abbey Theatre. The actresses who performed the key roles at the Abbey contributed original ……続きを見る

This book examines early modern drama's depiction of non-standard forms of masculinity grounded in superficiality, inauthenticity, affectation, and the display of the extravagantly clothed body. Pra……続きを見る

Shakespeare's plays were not always the inviolable texts they are almost universally considered to be today. The Restoration and eighteenth century committed what many critics view as one of the mos……続きを見る

Calderón, the great dramatist of Spain's Golden Age, was a skilled writer of comedy. His serious dramas have long been highly regarded in the English-speaking world, but his many sparkling comedies ……続きを見る

Examining the family saga as an instrument of literary analysis of writing by Italian American women, this book argues that the genre represents a key strategy for Italian American female writers as……続きを見る

This book, winner of the 1969 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Award, presents a new perspective in the criticism of Jacobean tragedy and a truer evaluation of this body of drama. Mr. Hern……続きを見る

William Muggins, an impoverished but highly literate weaver-poet, lived and wrote in London at the turn of the seventeenth century, when few of his contemporaries could even read. A Weaver-Poet and ……続きを見る

Scholars have already demonstrated that Shakespeare 's language abounds in Biblical allusions and references, but Mr. Bryant now undertakes to show us how such details may bear on the full meaning o……続きを見る

Quatre cents ans après sa naissance, Molière continue de nous toucher, de nous fait rire, de nous surprendre, de nous éclairer, comme si ses pièces avaient été écrites hier. Qu'il nous soit tellemen……続きを見る

Of course – as you've no doubt guessed – there's a big 'But Then' moment heading this way… It's a sunny, spring day in East London. On a street corner, two teenagers kiss. One of them is Toni. This ……続きを見る

Nowhere is the richness and variety of the English Renaissance better shown than in the dramatic works of the period which combined to an unusual degree the arts of poetry, music, acting, and dance.……続きを見る

This book offers fresh, critical insights into Shakespeare in Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan. It recognises that Shakespeare in East Asian education is not confined to the classroom or lecture hall bu……続きを見る

In this fascinating study, Anthony J. Lewis argues that it is the hero himself, rejecting a woman he apprehends as a threat, who is love's own worst enemy. Drawing upon classical and Renaissance dra……続きを見る

Nigeria, England, America, Jamaica; are you proud of where you're from? Dark skinned, light skinned, afro, weaves, who are your true brothers and sisters? When two brothers from different continents……続きを見る

L'"Examen du régime de la propriété mobilière en France" d'Hippolyte-Ferréol Rivière est une analyse approfondie du cadre juridique régissant la propriété mobilière en France. À travers un style cla……続きを見る

In this book, Walter Foreman studies the closing scenes of Shakespeare's tragedies, considering the tragic structure of the plays and the shapes the tragic characters give their lives by the way the……続きを見る