Ancient & Classical

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515429067Author Aristophanes AristophanesFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798223650973Author John WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint APS BooksPublisher APS BooksWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617208560Author Aeschylus AeschylusFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555403058Author Ralph M. RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Scholars PressPublisher Scholars PressWeight(grams) 183g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420966978Author SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 404g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515433477Author SophoclesFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 458g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617208553Author EuripidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 59g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617205668Author Aristophanes AristophanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 603g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617205637Author Aristophanes AristophanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint SMK BooksPublisher SMK BooksWeight(grams) 73gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781386070184Author Michael KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Michael KramerPublisher Michael KramerWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Citizenship is a contested term which today inspires both policy-makers and radical activists. David Wiles traces this ideal to its classical roots, examining both theatre and citizenship as performative practices. Wiles examines how people function...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985737962Author Mahmood Karimi HakakFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Kairios PressPublisher Kairios PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989110822Author Micheal DuchesneFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Historical Perspective MediaPublisher Historical Perspective MediaWeight(grams) 91g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989110815Author Serena CrossonFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Historical Perspective MediaPublisher Historical Perspective MediaWeight(grams) 104g

Tragedy is a genre for exploring loss and suffering, and this book traces the vital areas where tragedy has shaped and been a resource for Christian theology. There is a history to the relationship of theology and tragedy; tragic literature has explored...

Published in 1991 The Tragedye of Solyman and Perseda is a late Elizabethan romantic tragedy by Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy. It dramatises the triangular relationship of the Turkish emperor Soliman, his captive Perseda and her beloved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorCABook InformationISBN 9780886290795Author Shirley D. SullivanFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint McGill-Queen's University PressPublisher McGill-Queen's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998788210Author Rob HardyFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Hero Now TheatrePublisher Hero Now TheatreWeight(grams) 113g

The Tangled Ways of Zeus is a collection of studies written over the last twenty years by the distinguished classicist Alan Sommerstein about various aspects of ancient Greek tragedy (and, in some cases, other related genres). It complements his recent...

This series of essays by prominent academics and practitioners investigates in detail the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman world. Beginning with the earliest examples of 'dramatic' presentation in the epic cycles and reaching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881457636Author Betty ShamiehFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881456981Author SophoclesFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881456240Author EuripidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Broadway Play Publishing IncPublisher Broadway Play Publishing IncWeight(grams)...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond...

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series The three plays in this volume straddle the borders between comedy and tragedy. Alkestis is a moving "romance" with death; it has parallels to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Helen, an alternative...

Originally published in 1952, The Nature of Roman Comedy is still the fullest and most accessible introduction to the plays of Plautus and Terence, which constitute the corpus of Roman comedy. With attention to the specific aspects (such as staging...

The modern reader may have difficulty conceiving of Iphigeneia in Tauris as tragedy, for the term in our sense is associated with downfall, death, and disaster. But to the ancient Greeks, the use of heroic legend, the tragic diction and meters, and the...

Praised by Aristotle as the pinnacle of Greek drama, "Oedipus the King" is the ancient world's most shocking and memorable play: the story of a city's beloved hero and his royal family brought to hellish ruin by fate, supernatural manipulation, and...

Spotlighting an endless cycle of bloodshed that consumes a royal family, "Elektra" masterfully explores the causes of hatred and the consequences of revenge - both for those who bear the brunt of violence and for those consumed by its influence. Orestes...

As both a literary genre and a view of life, tragedy has from the very beginning spurred a dialogue between poetry and philosophy. Plato famously banned tragedians from his ideal community because he believed that their representations of vicious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987521293Author Gary HeilbronnFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint HpeditionsPublisher HpeditionsWeight(grams) 426g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977019724Author AristophanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Theater 61 PressPublisher Theater 61 PressWeight(grams) 157gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The story of a futile quest for knowledge, this ancient anti-war drama is one of the neglected plays within the corpus of Greek tragedy. Euripides' shortest tragic work, Rhesos is unique in lacking a prologue, provoking some scholars to the conclusion...

Of the 1995 full-length edition: `Aristophanes addicts unite! This book is for us. It has everything that we always wanted to know about Birds and we were unable to find in one place.' Greek Gazette `The commentary elucidates with an experts...

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series Written at the height of the Peloponnesian War, the three plays in this volume highlight the trivial causes and dire consequences of war and the fate of the innocent. In Andromache, Hektor's widow...

ElectraBook InformationISBN 9780198720942Author EuripidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645620931Author Oscar WildeFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Bibliologica PressPublisher Bibliologica PressWeight(grams) 154g

A comprehensive survey of Roman theatrical production, this book examines all aspects of Roman performance practice, and provides fresh insights on the comedies of Plautus and Terence. Following an introductory chapter on the experience of Roman comedy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814254219Author Wilfred E MajorFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977593354Author Greg FraserFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint QuidzuncPublisher QuidzuncWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 13mm