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Brecht is an important lyrical voice of the 20th century, and is honoured as Germany's greatest modern poet. Yet his poetry is relativley little known in the English speaking world. This title takes its cue from a poem about the artist's legacy and looks at how Brecht's work might read today.

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Robert Heilman gives an appreciation of Shakespeare as a whole man. Northrop Frye writes on balance and symbolism. Harry Levin shows how Shakespeare used names to indicate and enhance character. J.V. Cunningham looks at Shakespeare in his workshop; Gunnar Bokland, and Maynard Mack also contribute brilliant studies. Originally published in 1965. T

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An introductory critical study for first year undergraduates, aimed at bridging the increasing gap between A Level and university level study. The book offers a comprehensive approach to fourteen key texts looking at different critical perspectives, language, context and performance in particular.

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An introductory critical study for first year undergraduates, aimed at bridging the increasing gap between A Level and university level study. The book offers a comprehensive approach to fourteen key texts looking at different critical perspectives, language, context and performance in particular.

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In 1989 a festival and conference devoted to Eugene O'Neill was held in Nanjing, China. This volume contains essays which capture the intellectual and artistic stimulation of the conference, and explore the major areas of O'Neill scholarship. They emphasize O'Neill's international reputation.

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A collection commemorating the centennial of O'Neill's birth, this volume comprises contributions from a range of fields, such as psychology, English literature, philosophy, the classics and theatre arts, offering a variety of perspectives on and interpretations of his life and art.

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Euripides Our Contemporary is a major assessment and study of all of Euripides' plays organised by theme. For students, teachers and practitioners it's a perfect companion to Euripides' work and will lead to a deeper appreciation of the timeless appeal and the connections between his plays.

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Provides background, context, plot summary and analysis, a survey ofcriticism and of the reception of the play from the Hellenistic period to modern times, including performance history.

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Presenting a scene-by-scene analysis of Euripides' "Suppliant Women", this book discusses the date and background of the play, whether people and events from contemporary Athens can be glimpsed in the drama; the problems of staging, and finally the story in later tradition.

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What if bed-hopping among university students was not just inevitable, but mandatory A sexy radical girl, an over-sexed jock and an ancient professor of Ancient Greek discover that with the lights off, a serious attempt to end discrimination can also be a very dirty joke.

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A Crisis of Identity explores the construction of identity and societys influence in four Spanish plays and discusses parallels to these works in popular culture. Through close reading and analysis covering race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, the author uncovers what lies behind the mask of each play's characters.

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From the star-crossed romance of Romeo and Juliet to Othello's misguided murder of Desdemona to the betrayal of King Lear by his daughters, family life is central to Shakespeare's dramas.

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This text considers the historical similarities of the eras in which Shakespeare and Shaw wrote and then explores types of father-daughter interactions in terms of the power structures of society. Each dramatist drew on themes including incest, daughter sacrifice, education and androgyny.

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A collection of three farces from Georges Feydeau, commonly accepted to be France's best comic dramatist since Moliere. This collection includes three plays translated by British translator Peter Meyer.

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Starting from the assumption that all theater is at least implicitly participatory, Professor Whitaker approaches thirteen plays, from Ibsen's Rosmersholm to Beckett's Endgame and Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He asks the reader to commit himself to a variety of points of view--those of witnesses, actors, directors, and characte

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