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The Tempest : a critical reader / [edited by] Alden T. Vaughan and Virginia Mason Vaughan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2833 .T464 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Arden early modern drama
- Arden early modern drama guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching.
- Tragicomedy--History and criticism.
- Tragicomedy.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 278 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2014.
- Summary:
- "The Tempest, the last play Shakespeare wrote without a collaborator, has become a key text in school and university curricula, not simply in early modern literature courses but in postcolonial and history programs as well. One of Shakespeare's most frequently performed plays, The Tempest is also of great interest to a general audience. This volume will outline the play's most important critical issues and suggest new avenues of research in a format accessible to students, teachers, and the general reader"-- Provided by publisher.
- "A collection of new essays offering students a range of current perspectives on The Tempest, providing both context and critical overviews"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Alden T. Vaughan
- The Critical Backstory: "What's Past is Prologue" / Virginia Mason Vaughan
- A Theatre of Attraction: Colonialism, Gender, and The Tempest's Performance History / Eckart Voigts
- Recent Perspectives on The Tempest / Brinda Charry
- New Directions: Sources and Creativity in The Tempest / Andrew Gurr
- New Directions: Commedia dell'Arte, The Tempest, and Transnational Criticism / Helen Whall
- New Directions: "He needs will be Absolute Milan": The Political Thought of The Tempest / Jeffrey A. Rufo
- New Directions: Shakespeare's Revolution? The Tempest as Scientific Romance / Scott Maisano
- "Volumes that / I prize": Resources for Studying and Teaching The Tempest / N. Amos Rothschild.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472518408
- 1472518403
- 9781472518439
- 1472518438
- OCLC:
- 866617255
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