The Tempest: A Guide to the PlayThe Tempest was first published in 1623 and is probably the last play Shakespeare wrote by himself. The product of his artistic maturity, it has inspired a variety of modern adaptations and remains one of his most popular plays. While its plot is fairly straightforward, The Tempest addresses numerous issues and topics current in the 17th century, such as magic and colonialism. Scholars, in turn, have responded by generating a vast body of criticism. This reference is a comprehensive guide to the play. |
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... possible under a strict religious dispensation or an agreed - upon body of knowl- edge . New Historicism tends to deny that the Renaissance was a time and a place , not merely a process , a controlled environment , a circulation of docu ...
... possible completion of ' the rarer action ' " ( 1978 , in Battenhouse 1994 , 259 ) . That strikes me as exactly right . Prospero surrenders concept for feeling , at last . He has known of providence , heavenly messengers , and ...
... possible sources . Charles Frey ( 1979 ) shows the materials of which the play is an amalgamation , from the travel narratives that so excited the Renaissance imagination to their close relative , the romance . Leslie Fiedler ( 1972 ) ...
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Voice in Motion: Staging Gender, Shaping Sound in Early Modern England Gina Bloom No preview available - 2007 |