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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “diane piccitto”
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  • The Visual Life of Romantic Theater, 1780-1830

    Edited by Diane Piccitto, Terry F. Robinson ...
    The Visual Life of Romantic Theater examines the dynamism and vibrancy of stage spectacle and its impact in an era of momentous social upheaval and aesthetic change. Situating theatrical production as key to understanding visuality ca. 1780-1830, this book places the stage front and center in Romantic scholarship—a field in a period long defined by its focus on poetry—by reenvisioning traditional ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Blake's Drama

    Theatre, Performance and Identity in the Illuminated Books

    by Diane Piccitto ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Blake's Drama challenges conventional views of William Blake's multimedia work by reinterpreting it as theatrical performance. Viewed in its dramatic contexts, this art form is shown to provoke an active spectatorship and to depict identity as paradoxically essential and constructed, revealing Blake's investments in drama, action, and the body. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Theatre, Body and Pleasure

    by Simon Shepherd ...
    Breaking new ground in the study of performance theory, this maverick and powerful project from renowned Renaissance scholar and queer theorist Simon Shepherd presents a unique take on theory and the physical reality of theatre.Examining a range of material, Theatre, Body, Pleasure addresses a significant gap in the literary and drama studies arenas and explores the interplay of bodily value, the ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Gothic

    Edited by Catherine Spooner, Emma McEvoy ...
    Series series Routledge Companions
    In a wide ranging series of introductory essays written by some of the leading figures in the field, this essential guide explores the world of Gothic in all its myriad forms throughout the mid-eighteenth Century to the internet age.The Routledge Companion to Gothic includes discussion on:the history of Gothicgothic throughout the English-speaking world i.e. London and USA as well as the ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde

    Edited by Peter Raby ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde offers an essential introduction to one of the theatre's most important and enigmatic writers. Although a general overview, the volume also offers some of the latest thinking on the dramatist and his impact on the twentieth century. Part One places Wilde's work within the cultural and historical context of his time and includes an opening essay by Wilde's ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of London

    by Lawrence Manley ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works in English, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a variety of methods and materials, the essays in this volume explore the London of Langland and the Peasants' Rebellion, of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage, of Pepys and the Restoration coffee house, of Dickens and Victorian wealth ... Read more

    Was $31.99 USD Now $28.69 USD

  • Myth

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert Segal ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Oscar Wilde in Context

    Edited by Kerry Powell, Peter Raby ...
    Series series Literature in Context
    Oscar Wilde was a courageous individualist whose path-breaking life and work were shaped in the crucible of his time and place, deeply marked by the controversies of his era. This collection of concise and illuminating articles reveals the complex relationship between Wilde's work and ideas, and contemporary contexts including Victorian feminism, aestheticism and socialism. Chapters investigate ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Studying Plays

    by Dr Mick Wallis, Mr Simon Shepherd ...
    Now in its 4th edition, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the critical study of drama. Using familiar examples of classic and contemporary works such as Shakespeare's King Lear, Ibsen's A Doll's House and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, the book explores the essential elements of play texts, from character, dialogue and plot to theatrical space.With more in depth ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Eternity's Sunrise

    The Imaginative World of William Blake

    by Leo Damrosch ...
    William Blake, overlooked in his time, remains an enigmatic figure to contemporary readers despite his near canonical status. Out of a wounding sense of alienation and dividedness he created a profoundly original symbolic language, in which words and images unite in a unique interpretation of self and society. He was a counterculture prophet whose art still challenges us to think afresh about ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • A Companion to British Art

    1600 to the Present

    Edited by David Peters Corbett ...
    Series series Blackwell Companions to Art History
    This companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history.A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of British artCombines original research with a survey of existing scholarship and the state of the fieldTouches ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • Literary Analysis: The Basics

    by Celena Kusch ...
    Series series The Basics
    Literary Analysis: The Basics is an insightful introduction to analysing a wide range of literary forms. Providing a clear outline of the methodologies employed in twenty-first century literary analysis, it introduces readers to the genres, canons, terms, issues, critical approaches, and contexts that affect the analysis of any text. It addresses such questions as:What counts as literature?Is ... Read more

    $31.99 USD