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Shakespeare’s Victorian Stage
This book explores the revivals of Shakespeare’s history plays during the Victorian period, as staged by the famous actor-manager Charles Kean.... Les mer
The Triumph of Augustan Poetics
The Triumph of Augustan Poetics offers an important re-evaluation of the transition from Baroque to Augustan in English literature. Starting with... Les mer
Shakespeare’s Theory of Drama
Why did Shakespeare write drama? Did he have specific reasons for his choice of this art form? Did he have clearly defined aesthetic aims in what he... Les mer
Giulio Romano
The Giulio Romano exhibition in Mantua in 1989 was the occasion for the publication, for the first time, of a full and thorough account of Giulio’s... Les mer
Writing, Gender and State in Early Modern England
The period from the Reformation to the English Civil War saw an evolving understanding of social identity in England. This book uses four... Les mer
Shakespeare on the German Stage
Shakespeare has been a central figure in German literature and theatre. This book tells the story of Shakespeare in the German-speaking theatre... Les mer
Unity Temple
The first in-depth study of one of the seminal works of America’s most renowned twentieth-century architect is now available in paperback. In this... Les mer
Discovering the Subject in Renaissance England
When Hamlet complains that Guildenstern "would pluck out the heart of [his] mystery," he imagines an encounter that recurs insistently in... Les mer
The First Quarto of Hamlet
The first quarto of Hamlet is radically different from the second quarto and Folio versions of the play, and about half their length. But despite its... Les mer
A History of Venetian Architecture
The history of Venetian architecture is no less remarkable than the history of that city itself, and Ennio Concina’s comprehensive survey draws on... Les mer
Death and the Mother from Dickens to Freud
The cultural ideal of motherhood in Victorian Britain seems to be undermined by Victorian novels, which almost always represent mothers as... Les mer
King Edward III
Edward III is a major addition to the Shakespearean canon, and is published here for the first time in an authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s... Les mer
Synthesis of Psychiatric Cases
Synthesis of Psychiatric Cases is aimed at the clinical part of postgraduate psychiatry examinations. Each chapter gives clear information on a... Les mer
Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic
Jonathan Gil Harris examines the origins of modern discourses of social pathology in Elizabethan and Jacobean medical and political writing. Plays,... Les mer
King Edward III
Edward III is a major addition to the Shakespearean canon, and is published here for the first time in an authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s... Les mer
Alcohol and the Community
An individual’s decision to use alcohol and the frequency, quantity and situation of such use are the result of a combination of biological and... Les mer
Romantic Imperialism
The years between 1790 and 1830 saw over a hundred and fifty million people brought under British imperial control, and one of the most momentous... Les mer
Teaching Shakespeare
Invaluable support for all teachers of Shakespeare in schools, colleges and institutions of higher education. Teaching Shakespeare is a major... Les mer
Romanticism, History, and the Possibilities of Genre
Romanticism has often been associated with the mode of lyric, or otherwise confined within mainstream genres. As a result, we have neglected the... Les mer
Much Ado about Nothing
This is the first edition of Much Ado About Nothing to focus wholly on the play in performance. John Cox investigates major issues and trends in the... Les mer
Realism, Representation, and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Literature
This book confronts a significant paradox in the development of literary realism: the very novels that present themselves as purveyors and celebrants... Les mer
Much Ado about Nothing
This is the first edition of Much Ado About Nothing to focus wholly on the play in performance. John Cox investigates major issues and trends in the... Les mer
Literary Culture and the Pacific
This book examines a range of nineteenth-century European accounts from the Pacific, depicting Polynesian responses to imported metropolitan culture,... Les mer
John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor
John Barrymore’s Richard III and Hamlet, first seen in New York during the 1919–20 and 1922–23 seasons, stand as high-water marks of... Les mer