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  • Shakespeare's Pictures

    Visual Objects in the Drama

    by Keir Elam ...
    Shakespeare's Pictures is the first full-length study of visual objects in Shakespearean drama. In several plays (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night, among others) pictures are brought on stage - in the form of portraits or other images - as part of the dramatic action. Shakespeare's characters show, exchange and describe them. The pictures arouse in their beholders strong feelings, ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Women's Romantic Theatre and Drama

    History, Agency, and Performativity

    by Keir Elam ...
    As theatre and drama of the Romantic Period undergo a critical reassessment among scholars internationally, the contributions of women as playwrights, actresses, and managers are also being revalued. This volume, which brings together leading British, North American, and Italian critics, is a crucial step towards reclaiming the importance of women's dramatic and theatrical activities during the ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama

    by Keir Elam ...
    Series series New Accents
    The late twentieth century saw an explosion of interest in semiotics, the science of the signs and processes by which we communicate. In this study, the first of its kind in English, Keir Elam shows how this new 'science' can provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance, one of our richest and most complex forms of communication.Elam traces the history of semiotic ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Twelfth Night

    Third Series

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    Critically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays, Twelfth Night is a classic romantic comedy of mistaken identities. In recent years it has returned to the centre of critical debate surrounding gender and sexuality. The Introduction explores the multiple factors that make up the play's rich textual, theatrical, critical and cultural history. Keir Elam surveys the play ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Collected Poems of Kathleen Raine

    by Kathleen Raine ...
    In compiling her Collected Poems, Kathleen Raine drew from six decades of poetry to decide the canon by which she wished to be judged and remembered. The result was this definitive edition, now published by Faber & Faber, which on first release in 2001 was welcomed both by Raine's admirers and by those newly discovering a poet who has unfailingly given voice to a vision of life in which the ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Third Series

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Titus Andronicus

    by William Shakespeare, Professor Curtis Perry, Professor Ayanna Thompson ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series
    The bloodiest and brashest of Shakespeare's plays, this revenge tragedy begins with war and ends in mutilation and cannibalism.Acts of war and sexual violence across borders and within families highlight the importance of empire, Blackness and gender, alongside the familial and literal blood which characterise early modern and contemporary performance.The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series Titus ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella, v. 1-2

    by Charlotte Lennox ...
    The story introduces Arabella, an heiress who has been raised in seclusion and educated by her mother and governess in the ideals of romantic chivalry and heroism found in the novels she avidly reads. Arabella's misguided notions of romance and heroism lead her to embark on a series of adventures and misunderstandings, often involving her suitors and those around her.Her romantic fantasies lead ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Revised Edition

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    Much Ado About Nothing presents a battle of the sexes in more ways than one: as both a lightning-fast skirmish of wits between two famously disputatious lovers, and a near-deadly conflict built on conventions of gender and male rivalry.Claire McEachern's new introduction brings this best-seller right up to date, analysing recent developments in criticism and the latest productions of this comedy. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Hamlet

    Revised Edition

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    This Arden edition of Hamlet, arguably Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, presents an authoritative, modernized text based on the Second Quarto text with a new introductory essay covering key productions and criticism in the decade since its first publication. A timely up-date in the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare's death which will ensure the Arden edition continues to offer students a ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Tempest

    Third Series

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, both in the classroom and in the theatre, and this revision brings the Arden 3 edition right up-to-date. A completely new section of the introduction discusses new thinking about Shakespeare's sources for the play and examines his treatment of colonial themes, as well as covering key productions since this edition was first published in 1999. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Macbeth

    Third Series

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
    "A splendid edition: it incorporates the most recent modern scholarship ... and it does so within a compass and format that is both readable and usable." - Around the GlobeMacbeth is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied tragedies. This Arden Shakespeare Third Series edition offers students detailed on-page commentary notes highlighting meaning and theatrical ideas and themes, as well as ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD