The tempest
Shakespeare, William, 1564-16162008
Book
Though written near the end of his career, The Tempest stands first in Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623. Recently redefined by modern criticism as a romance, the play has been read as an escapist fantasy, a political allegory, and a celebratory fiction. Most often, however, The Tempest is interpreted as a summary of Shakespeare's view of his own art of playwriting. In this edition, Stephen Orgel reassesses the evidence for each of these critical speculations, and finds the play to be both more open and more historically determined than traditional views have allowed. The text has been newly edited and includes a stage history of its production, from the radical revisions of Davenant, Dryden, and Shadwell to the recent stagings of Peter Hall, Jonathan Miller, and Peter Brook. - Publisher.
Main title:
The tempest / William Shakespeare.
Work:
Edition:
[New ed.] / edited by Stephen Orgel.
Imprint:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008, c1987.
Collation:
x, 248 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1987.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199535903 (pbk)0199535906 (pbk)
Dewey class:
822.33
LC class:
PR2833.A2
Language:
English
Subject:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. TempestTempest (Shakespeare, William)Nobility -- Italy -- DramaShipwreck victims -- DramaPolitical refugees -- DramaSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- DramaEnglish drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600Fathers and daughters -- DramaMagicians -- DramaIslands -- DramaCastaways -- DramaShipwrecks -- DramaCaliban (Fictitious character)CastawaysFathers and daughtersIslandsMagiciansShipwrecksCaliban (Fictitious character) -- DramaTragicomedyDrama
BRN:
468566
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| City Library | -Literature | LITER 822.33 SHAK | Available |