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  • Godless Shakespeare

    by Eric S. Mallin ...
    Series series Shakespeare Now!
    Godless Shakespeare is the first book to discuss Shakespeare's plays from an atheist perspective. Although it is clear that Shakespeare engaged with and deployed much of his culture's broadly religious interests - his language is shot through with biblical quotations, priestly sermonizing and Christian imagery - Mallin argues that there is a profound absence of or hostility to God in his plays ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Stages of Power

    Marlowe and Shakespeare, 1592

    by Eric S. Mallin, Paul V. Sullivan ...
    Series series Reacting to the Past™
    It is October 1592. Christopher Marlowe, the most accomplished playwright in London, has written The Massacre at Paris for his company, the Lord Admiral’s Men. Bubonic plague has hit outlying parishes, forcing theaters to close and postponing the season. Ordinarily, the Rose Theatre would debut Marlowe’s work, but its subject—the St. Bartholomew Day’s Massacre—is unpleasant and might inflame ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Reading Shakespeare in the Movies

    Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning

    by Eric S. Mallin ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Reading Shakespeare in the Movies: Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning analyzes the unacknowledged, covert presence of Shakespearean themes, structures, characters, and symbolism in selected films. Writers and directors who forge an unconscious, unintentional connection to Shakespeare’s work create non-adaptations, cinema that is unexpectedly similar to certain Shakespeare plays while remaining ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Global King Lear

    Crisis, Performance, Adaptation

    Edited by William R. Rampone, Eric S. Mallin ...
    Series series Global Shakespeare Inverted
    Global King Lear provides a kaleidoscopic view of multinational adaptations of King Lear with a focus on productions across Asia and Eastern Europe. By approaching Shakespeare's great tragedy as a global phenomenon its signature themes become context-dependent and culture-specific whilst avoiding simplistic appeals to the play's universality. International scholars of literature and theatre ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • Hamlet: A Critical Reader

    Edited by Ann Thompson, Professor Neil Taylor ...
    Series series Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
    Hamlet remains the most-studied of all Shakespeare's great tragedies. This collection of newly-commissioned essays gives readers an overview of past critical views of the play as well as new writing about the play from today's leading scholars. The range of perspectives offered makes the book an invaluable companion to anyone studying the play at an advanced level. The final chapter on learning ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy

    Edited by Michael Neill, David Schalkwyk ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy presents fifty-four essays by a range of scholars from all parts of the world. Together these essays offer readers a fresh and comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare tragedies as both works of literature and as performance texts written by a playwright who was himself an experienced actor. The opening section explores ways in which later generations ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The Shakespeare Wars

    Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups

    by Ron Rosenbaum ...
    “[Ron Rosenbaum] is one of the most original journalists and writers of our time.”–David RemnickIn The Shakespeare Wars, Ron Rosenbaum gives readers an unforgettable way of rethinking the greatest works of the human imagination. As he did in his groundbreaking Explaining Hitler, he shakes up much that we thought we understood about a vital subject and renews our sense of excitement and urgency. He ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Theatre Studies: The Basics

    by Robert Leach ...
    Series series The Basics
    Now in a second edition, Theatre Studies: The Basics is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre. The practical and theoretical dimensions of theatre – from acting to audience – are woven together throughout to provide an integrated introduction to the study of drama, theatre and performance. Topics covered include:dramatic genres, from tragedy to political documentarytheories of ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Muses on Their Lunch Hour

    by Marjorie Garber ...
    "Witty, shrewd, and imaginative essays on interdisciplinary topics . . . from Shakespeare to psychoanalysis, and the practice of higher education today." — Publishers WeeklyAs a break from their ordained labors, what might the Muses do on their lunch hour today? This collection of essays uses these figures of ancient legend to explore such modern-day topics as the curious return of myth and ritual ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Poetry Book

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    An accessible guide to the most important poems ever written- from the Epic of Gilgamesh to The Waste Land-and the poets behind themDiscover the key themes and ideas behind the most important poems ever written, and the poetic geniuses who wrote them.The perfect introduction to poetry, The Poetry Book takes you on a fascinating journey through time to explore more than 90 of the world's greatest ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • What Is a Classic?

    Postcolonial Rewriting and Invention of the Canon

    by Ankhi Mukherjee ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    What Is a Classic? revisits the famous question posed by critics from Sainte-Beuve and T. S. Eliot to J. M. Coetzee to ask how classics emanate from postcolonial histories and societies. Exploring definitive trends in twentieth- and twenty-first century English and Anglophone literature, Ankhi Mukherjee demonstrates the relevance of the question of the classic for the global politics of ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Essential Shakespeare

    The Arden Guide to Text and Interpretation

    by Dr. Pamela Bickley, Dr. Jenny Stevens ...
    Addressing the transition from pre-university to undergraduate Shakespeare studies, this introductory critical guide examines 16 key plays. Each chapter focuses on modern theoretical methods, close reading skills, early modern contexts, and productions from stage and screen spanning several decades.You will gain insights into each play, develop skills of analysis and be introduced to a diverse ... Read more

    $25.69 USD