Rob - Drama History & Criticism 1

Written by a practising poet and novelist who has close experience of the subject matter and has published creative work in the areas being examined, Sexual Violence and Literary Art is a wide-rangi……続きを見る

In his collection of essays and reviews, Robert Brustein makes the argument that the American Theatre is enjoying a renaissance that has not been unacknowledged. 続きを見る

Discover the untold story of the heroes who shattered tradition and reshaped literature forever. Romanticism's New Heroestakes you on a sweeping journey through the Romantic era's revolutionary rede……続きを見る

For most of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, classical dogma and royal censorship worked together to prevent French plays from commenting on, or even worse, reenacting current political and……続きを見る

This study considers the fundamental literary value and the underlying psychological meaning of Beckett's work. John Keller explores the central place of the emotional world in Beckett's writing, be……続きを見る

Following World War II, German antifascists and nationalists in Buenos Aires believed theater was crucial to their highly politicized efforts at community-building, and each population devoted consi……続きを見る

Ce livre est un hommage incandescent rendu à Marthe Isabelle Edande Abolo, professeure titulaire des universités, spécialiste du théâtre, esthète au sens grec d'aisthêtês, qui aime l'art et le consi……続きを見る

So viel über die europäische Romantik geschrieben wurde, so selten wurde beachtet, dass ihre «Abwicklung» und der Bruch um 1830 ein europäisches Paradigma bilden. Der Band sucht nach einem neuen Ver……続きを見る

Ce volume, qui constitue un hommage posthume à Christian Angelet, est un livre de redécouverte de deux siècles de littérature francophone de Belgique. Elle se fonde sur de minutieuses analyses de te……続きを見る

Well, I suppose we have to believe him. He is the author. The authority. CAUTION: CONTAINS TRUTH, LIES AND MISINFORMATION. YOU DECIDE. Rob is putting science and scepticism to the test in his new pl……続きを見る

First published in 1975, The Psychology of Tragic Drama offers an interpretation of some of the themes of both ancient and modern tragic drama through an investigation of the plays in the light of p……続きを見る

Tamanha é a importância e influência de Shakespeare que não é possível dizer que se trata de um autor morto. Há algo de Shakespeare na literatura de hoje, no pensamento de hoje, na língua de hoje, n……続きを見る

So you read, and read, and read, and read, wishing you could just disappear. But some books don't make you disappear. They make you come alive. Local lad Robbie Stevenson lives in the smallest bedro……続きを見る

‘Enchanting’ - Simon Russell Beale ‘Remarkable’ - James Shapiro ‘Wonderful . . . compulsively readable’ - Nicholas Hytner Why do the collected works of an Elizabethan writer continue to speak to us ……続きを見る

If you could press a button and one hundred thousand vulnerable citizens died instantly but the rest of the population of the planet was guaranteed prosperity, would you press that button? Chris nev……続きを見る

What is power without principle? What are principles without power? It's Spring 1996: Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United are riding high in the Premier League and Tony Blair's New Labour are gathering ……続きを見る

Are those little voices in our heads our friends, or our enemies? What if they're neither, what if they're both? In this captivating and comic one-person play written by Gary McNair, the classic sto……続きを見る

There's a legend about the Watch House... Scrape beneath the whitewash and you'll find terror. You'll find him. Tynemouth, late 1970s. Christmas is coming and Front Street's swinging. But Anne, dump……続きを見る

No.1 – Players always come first No.2 – We look to the future No.3 – We never leave anyone behind No.4 – We place others before ourselves No.5 – We keep our promises Five women have come together wi……続きを見る

A tribute to Henry W. Sullivan in celebration of his 80th birthday, this volume encompasses a wide spectrum of Hispanic literary scholarship to honor a prolific scholar whose contributions have been……続きを見る

First published in 1975, The English Morality Play is the extended history of the English morality play, its persistence and flourishing as a dramatic tradition. The book sheds light on the intellec……続きを見る

Six exciting new plays by some of the best artists working in the UK today written with and for young people. Created as part of Wonder Fools' international participatory project Positive Stories fo……続きを見る

The acclaimed playwright, novelist, and author of Fifth Business explores the performing arts in this witty and insightful essay collection. Though best known for his award-winning fiction, Robertso……続きを見る

Offering for the first time a student introduction to Aristophanes' most explosive political satire, this volume is an essential guide to the context, themes and later reception of Cavalry. The anci……続きを見る

Lysistrata is the most notorious of Aristophanes' comedies. First staged in 411 BCE, its action famously revolves around a sex strike launched by the women of Greece in an attempt to force their hus……続きを見る

I told her that it wouldn't be appropriate for us to meet in person. She asked me why not. I told her the truth. Because I was extremely attracted to her and didn't want to court the destruction of ……続きを見る

Twelve years ago, from the mouth of a great sacrifice, a child was born. And they called her Autumn. Isaac returns to his family home with a chance to atone for the terrible mistake that claimed his……続きを見る

Robert Icke's thrilling and radical adaptations of some of the great texts of Western theatre have enthralled theatregoers in London, in New York and around the world. This is the first collection o……続きを見る

A survey, within one volume, of the history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature from the beginning to the present day, this book explores changes in attitudes, literature and criticism over a ……続きを見る

This volume explores the relationship between the emphasis on performance in Elizabethan humanist education and the flourishing of literary brilliance around the turn of the sixteenth century. This ……続きを見る