William Shakespeare : The tempest / C.W.R.D. Moseley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moseley, C. W. R. D. (Charles W. R. D.)

Series:

Humanities Insights

Literature insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aims to introduce students with little or no prior experience of the field to the conclusions of recent scholarship and research into theatrical conditions, conventions and concepts in the time of Shakespeare. It begins with a discussion of the origins of

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Copyright and Licence""; ""Title Page""; ""A Note on the Author""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""Shakespeare, the King�s Men and the Court""; ""The Tempest: Genre, Plot and Structure""; ""Synopsis ""; ""Genres and modes""; ""Theatrical language and illusion""; ""Setting""; ""Time and the design of The Tempest""; ""Structure, staging and symbol""; ""The Magus, the Philosopher Prince, and Prospero�s Estate""; ""Educating Miranda: The Tempest and education""; ""Caliban""; ""After the Play: Inconclusions and Anxieties""

""Afterlife, and Further Reading""""Appendix: Some Dates""; ""Hyperlinks""; ""Intertextuality""; ""John Dee""; ""Divine Right""; ""Virtues of Prince""; ""King�s Two Bodies""; ""Tyrant/Tyranny""; ""Trojan Aeneas/ Troy""; ""Astraea and Apocalypse""; ""Revenge and the revenge play""; ""Three Unities""; ""Fortune""; ""Emblems""; ""Truth daughter of Time""; ""Humanism""; ""Machiavelli / The Machiavel""; ""Of the CANNIBALLES""; ""Conceptual Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-04027-8

9786612040276

1-84760-030-1

OCLC:

923144995