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A brief history of English literature / John Peck and Martin Coyle. by
Edition: 2nd ed
Material type:  Text; Format:
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Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Dissertation note: A Brief History of English Literature provides a lively introductory guide to English literature from Beowulf to the present day. The authors write in their characteristically lucid style which enables the reader to engage fully with the narrative and easily understand the texts in relation to the social, political and cultural contexts in which they were written. A masterpiece of clarity and compression, this book is a must have for anyone interested in the history of literature from the British Isles
Other title:
- History of English literature
- English literature
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (2)Call number: 820.9 P.J.B 2013, ...
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A history of English literature / Michael Alexander. by Series: Palgrave foundations
Edition: 3rd ed.
Material type: Text; Format:
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Publication details: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Dissertation note: his comprehensive text traces the development of one of the world’s richest literatures from the Old English period through to the present day, discussing a wide range of key authors without losing its clarity or verve. Building on the book's established reputation and success, the third edition has been revised and updated throughout. It now provides a full final chapter on the contemporary scene, with more on genres and the impact of globalization.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (3)Call number: 820.9 A.M.H 2013, ...
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How to write better essays / Bryan Greetham. by Series: Palgrave study skills
Edition: Third edition.
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Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (2)Call number: 808.042 G.B.H 2013, ...
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Shakespeare : the histories / John Blades. by Series: Analysing texts
Edition: 1st ed.
Material type: Text; Format:
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Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Dissertation note: In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies. The histories—along with those of contemporary Renaissance playwrights—help define the genre of history plays.[1] The histories might be more accurately called the "English history plays" and include the outliers King John and Henry VIII as well as a continuous sequence of eight plays covering the Wars of the Roses. These last are considered to have been composed in two cycles. The so-called first tetralogy, apparently written in the early 1590s, deals with the later part of the struggle and includes Henry VI, parts one, two & three and Richard III. The second tetralogy, finished in 1599 and including Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2 and Henry V, is frequently called the Henriad after its protagonist Prince Hal, the future Henry V.
The folio's classifications are not unproblematic. Besides proposing other categories such as romances and problem plays, many modern studies treat the histories together with those tragedies that feature historical characters. These include Macbeth, set in the mid-11th century during the reigns of Duncan I of Scotland and Edward the Confessor, and also the Roman plays Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and the legendary King Lear.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (2)Call number: 822.33 B.J.S 2013, ...
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Shakespeare : a midsummer night's dream / Nicolas Tredell ; consultant editior, Nicolas Tredell. by Series: Readers' guides to essential criticism
Material type: Text; Format:
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Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
Dissertation note: A stimulating and comprehensive critical survey of the responses to A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as the key debates and developments, from the seventeenth century to the present day. Leading the reader through material chronologically, the Guide explores the main themes and interpretations and draws on a rich range of critical writings.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (1)Call number: 822.33 T.N.M 2010.
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Shakespeare : the late plays / Kate Aughterson. by Series: Analysing texts (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Edition: 1st ed.
Material type: Text; Format:
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Publication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : 2013
Dissertation note: What makes Shakespeare's late plays so special? Through detailed analyses of key passages, Kate Aughterson shows how these plays portray a world of political intrigue, familial chaos and crisis, which teeters continually into tragedy: a world we can recognise today.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (2)Call number: 822.33 A.K.S 2013, ...
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Shakespeare and audience in practice / Stephen Purcell by Series: Shakespeare in practice
Edition: 1st ed.
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Publication details: New York : Basingstoke, Hampshire ; 2013
Dissertation note: What do audiences do as they watch a Shakespearean play? What makes them respond in the ways that they do? This book examines a wide range of theatrical productions to explore the practice of being a modern Shakespearean audience. It surveys some of the most influential ideas about spectatorship in contemporary performance studies, and analyses the strategies employed both in the texts themselves and by modern theatre practitioners to position audiences in particular ways.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (3)Call number: 822.33 P.S.S 2013, ...
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Shakespeare and memory / Hester Lees-Jeffries. by Series: Oxford Shakespeare topics
Edition: 1st ed.
Material type: Text; Format:
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Publication details: New York : Basingstoke, Hampshire ; 2013
Dissertation note: Why memory?” Hester Lees-Jeffries asks at the beginning of this absorbing book, but by the end of her compelling analysis it is tempting to think that there is nothing in Shakespeare’s work but meditations upon, versions of, or entanglements in, memory. Lees-Jeffries thoroughly reads the entire works through various models of recollection (and forgetting), and along the way takes the reader on a quick spin through contemporary thinking about the early modern period, from work on manuscript and material culture to considerations of nationalism, sensory responses to text and performative affect. Memory studies has proven to be a rich vein of investigation for many disciplines over the past 20 years, and Shakespeare criticism has had its key moments in this area too, from work considering rehearsal practice to investigations of history and national identity. Lees-Jeffries contends that “Shakespeare both engaged with and changed the ways in which people remembered”, and she demonstrates this with some distinction.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (3)Call number: 822.33 L.H.S 2013, ...
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Richard III / William Shakespeare by Series: Shakespeare, William, Works ;
Edition: [New edition] / edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen ; introduced by Jonathan Bate
Material type: Text; Format:
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Dramas
Publisher: Basingstoke [England] : Macmillan, 2008
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (3)Call number: 823.8 S.W.R 2008, ...
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