Author: Walter William Skeat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The tale of Gamelyn
Author: Walter William Skeat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The Culture of the Publisher’s Series, Volume One
Author: J. Spiers
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230299369
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artefact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230299369
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artefact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work.
The Definitive Shakespeare Companion [4 volumes]
Author: Joseph Rosenblum
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 3141
Book Description
This expansive four-volume work gives students detailed explanations of Shakespeare's plays and poems and also covers his age, life, theater, texts, and language. Numerous excerpts from primary source historical documents contextualize his works, while reviews of productions chronicle his performance history and reception. Shakespeare's works often served to convey simple truths, but they are also complex, multilayered masterpieces. Shakespeare drew on varied sources to create his plays, and while the plays are sometimes set in worlds before the Elizabethan age, they nonetheless parallel and comment on situations in his own era. Written with the needs of students in mind, this four-volume set demystifies Shakespeare for today's readers and provides the necessary perspective and analysis students need to better appreciate the genius of his work. This indispensable ready reference examines Shakespeare's plots, language, and themes; his use of sources and exploration of issues important to his age; the interpretation of his works through productions from the Renaissance to the present; and the critical reaction to key questions concerning his writings. The book provides coverage of each key play and poems in discrete sections, with each section presenting summaries; discussions of themes, characters, language, and imagery; and clear explications of key passages. Readers will be able to inspect historical documents related to the topics explored in the work being discussed and view excerpts from Shakespeare's sources as well as reviews of major productions. The work also provides a comprehensive list of print and electronic resources suitable for student research.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 3141
Book Description
This expansive four-volume work gives students detailed explanations of Shakespeare's plays and poems and also covers his age, life, theater, texts, and language. Numerous excerpts from primary source historical documents contextualize his works, while reviews of productions chronicle his performance history and reception. Shakespeare's works often served to convey simple truths, but they are also complex, multilayered masterpieces. Shakespeare drew on varied sources to create his plays, and while the plays are sometimes set in worlds before the Elizabethan age, they nonetheless parallel and comment on situations in his own era. Written with the needs of students in mind, this four-volume set demystifies Shakespeare for today's readers and provides the necessary perspective and analysis students need to better appreciate the genius of his work. This indispensable ready reference examines Shakespeare's plots, language, and themes; his use of sources and exploration of issues important to his age; the interpretation of his works through productions from the Renaissance to the present; and the critical reaction to key questions concerning his writings. The book provides coverage of each key play and poems in discrete sections, with each section presenting summaries; discussions of themes, characters, language, and imagery; and clear explications of key passages. Readers will be able to inspect historical documents related to the topics explored in the work being discussed and view excerpts from Shakespeare's sources as well as reviews of major productions. The work also provides a comprehensive list of print and electronic resources suitable for student research.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145891
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
This 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentaries. Includes Parts IX and X of the original set — ballads 266-305 — plus indexes, glossary.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145891
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
This 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentaries. Includes Parts IX and X of the original set — ballads 266-305 — plus indexes, glossary.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The English and Scottish Ballads
Author: Francis James Child
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368635573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1898.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368635573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1898.
The Bookseller
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1748
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1748
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library (London)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher and Bookseller
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1810
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1810
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.