The Tempest : A Critical Reader.
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- 9781472518415
- 822.33
- PR2833 -- .T464 2014eb
FC -- Half Title -- Title Page -- TOC -- List of Illustrations -- Series Introduction -- Notes on Contributors -- Timeline -- Introduction Alden T. Vaughan -- 1. The Critical Backstory: 'What's Past is Prologue' Virginia Mason Vaughan -- 2. A Theatre of Attraction: Colonialism, Gender, and The Tempest's Performance History Eckart Voigts -- 3. Recent Perspectives on The Tempest Brinda Charry -- 4. New Directions: Sources and Creativity in The Tempest Andrew Gurr -- 5. New Directions: Commedia dell'Arte, The Tempest, and Transnational Criticism Helen M. Whall -- 6. New Directions: 'He needs will be Absolute Milan': The Political Thought of The Tempest Jeffrey A. Rufo -- 7. New Directions: Shakespeare's Revolution - The Tempest as Scientific Romance Scott Maisano -- 8. 'volumes that / I prize': Resources for Studying and Teaching The Tempest Nathaniel Amos Rothschild -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright Page.
The Tempest contains sublime poetry and catchy songs, magic and low comedy, while it tackles important contemporary concerns: education, power politics, the effects of colonization, and technology. In this guide, Alden T. Vaughan and Virginia Mason Vaughan open up new ways into one of Shakespeares most popular, malleable and controversial plays.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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