The tempest : a critical reader / [edited by] Alden T. Vaughan and Virginia Mason Vaughan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vaughan, Alden T., 1929-2024, editor.

Vaughan, Virginia Mason, editor.

Series:

Arden early modern drama guides.

Arden early modern drama guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.

Tragicomedy--History and criticism.

Tragicomedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 Shakespeare's most popular, malleable and controversial plays."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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 (p. 265-270) and index

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4725-1842-X

1-4725-9396-0

1-4725-1841-1

9781472518415

OCLC:

883373669