Ovid and Adaptation in Early Modern English Theatre, Paperback - ***

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustration(s): 2 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 2...

The only book that comprehensively studies the soliloquy's history and diversity of form, its theatrical functions, rhetoric, and socio-cultural si...

This is the first book to systematically analyze the role the performing arts played in English schools after the Reformation. Amanda Eubanks Winkl...

Richard Preiss presents a lively and provocative study of how the early modern stage clown defined - and changed - theatrical experience. Recoverin...

Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought establishes the precise role political counsel played during the 'monarchy of counsel', from th...

As chaste women devoted to God, nuns are viewed as the purest of the pure. Yet, as females who reject courtship, sex, marriage, child bearing, and ...

DescriptionThe Concept of Nature in Early Modern English Literature traces a genealogy of ecology in seventeenth-century literature and natural phi...

DescriptionThis study analyses concepts and representations of the soul in the poetry of William Shakespeare and John Donne. During the early moder...

Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought establishes the precise role political counsel played during the 'monarchy of counsel', from th...

This book focuses on future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goods an...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Drew DanielIllustration(s): 3 halftonesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Thinking Lite...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Drew DanielIllustration(s): 3 halftonesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Thinking Lite...

How was medieval English theatre performed? This book analyses dormant evidence of theatrical processes such as casting, doubling of parts, rehears...

A major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder P...

DescriptionEarly modern England was a nation alive with intense religious debate, with often violent results. Central to these debates were questio...

Skin-tones mattered in early modern England. Indexing health, social status, religious affiliation and national allegiance, they helped explain (aw...

Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

DescriptionBodily contrasts from the colour of hair, eyes and skin to the shape of faces and skeletons - allowed the English of the seventeenth and...

Harry R. McCarthy's innovative study draws on theatre history and present-day performance to foreground how boys' physical skills shaped the plays ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 234Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 157 x 231 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Barba...

Building on the previous edition's success, this book tells the story of English from its early stages to today's still-evolving language, using re...

This volume updates current assumptions about the early modern English sonnet and its reception and inclusion in poetic collections. It deals both ...

Reducere. Movements tell stories of oppression and liberation. They critique the power relations that exist. They offer alternative visions of the homeland t...

This book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers t...

Publisher: Modern Language Association of AmericaNumber of pages: 396Collection: Options for Teaching 25Publication date: 2010Cover type: HardbackE...

Reducere. An introduction to Early Modern English, this book helps students of English and linguistics to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its h...

Reducere. This dictionary contains commonsense phonetic pronunciations for Creole and English, modern up-to-date entries, and a section on Creole proverbs.

The English Exorcist presents an intellectual history of John Darrell, a controversial Puritan exorcist in the early modern period. It illustrates ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The myths of Metamorphoses have inspired generations of writers, including Shakespeare. Over two thousand years later, they are reimagined for our ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Witchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to th...

This textbook invites the student to explore early English syntax by looking at the linguistic characteristics of well- known texts throughout the ...

The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, now in its fourth edition, is the perfect resource for both students and scholars of the witch-hunts written...

This collection brings together the most significant, influential and still current articles from Applied Theatre Researcher 2000-11, predecessor o...

Designed for students and scholars and anyone with an interest in Shakespeare and Renaissance England, this book examines the role of the child in ...