First published in 1975, The English Morality Play is the extended history of the English
morality play, its persistence and flourishing as a dramatic tradition. The book sheds light on …

Originally published in 1991, Robert Klitgaard's classic book addresses questions of
enduring relevance in a lively and insightful way. Bribes, tribes, and markets that fail—these …

Besides being a poet of genius TS Eliot was a many-sided man of letters and his work
requires and rewards approaches from a variety of points of view. In this Companion an …

This book brings together a deep thoughtfulness about the insights of psychoanalysis and its
application to work with troubled couples with an original and closely argued reading of …

To make my present position clear.… I have made bold to unite these occasional essays.…
The general point of view may be described as classicist in literature, royalist in politics, and …

First Published in 1998. Volume 12 in the Library of Anthropology series. This text traces the
influence of Jane Ellen Harrison, a brilliant classicist and one of the'Cambridge …

Modern plays are strikingly diverse and, as a result, any attempt to locate an underlying unity
between them encounters difficulties: to focus on what they have in common is often to …

With an AZ of over 300 entries, Music in Shakespeare is the most comprehensive study of all
the musical terms found in Shakespeare's complete works. It includes a definition of each …

Even a slight essay on the poetry of TS Eliot can scarcely be composed today without
incurring more debts than one can well enumerate, or remember, or distinguish. Among …

Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British
Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in …