An edition of The Tempest (1611)

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An edition of The Tempest (1611)

The Tempest

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Stephen Orgel's wide-ranging introduction examines changing attitudes to 'The Tempest', and reassesses the evidence behind the various readings. He focuses on key characters and their roles and relationships, as well as on the dramatic, historical, and political context, finding the play to be both more open and more historically determined than traditional views have allowed.

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Oxford University Press, USA
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English
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258

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English literature: Shakespeare criticism English literature: Shakespeare texts Plays / Drama Literary Criticism Classics For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 play performing arts English drama tragicomedy Drama Teatro Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks Magicians Magos Supervivencia (accidentes de aviación, naufragios, etc.) Fathers and daughters Tragicomedia Castaways Padres e hijas Náufragos shipwrecks Plays Spirits Shipwreck victims English literature Political refugees History and criticism Bu hnenanweisung Auffu hrung Geschichte English Young adult drama Islands Shipwreck survival Literatura inglesa (crítica e interpretação) Criticism and interpretation Juvenile drama Children's plays, English Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 12 Tempest (Shakespeare, William) 18.05 English literature British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author) Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, tempest English literature, outlines, syllabi, etc. Drama (dramatic works by one author) Literature, history and criticism Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, juvenile literature Problems, exercises Adaptations Outlines, syllabi Ariel (Fictitious character : Shakespeare) Caliban (Fictitious character) Prospero (Fictitious character) Children's plays Stage history Drama . Nobility Roman Empire Juvenile fiction Pictorial works Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616 Fiction Shipwreck victims -- Drama Fathers and daughters -- Drama Magicians -- Drama Political refugees -- Drama Islands -- Drama Spirits -- Drama English literature, history and criticism Comic books, strips SV Survival Translations into Hebrew Children's fiction Linguistics & semiotics Shipwreck survival--drama Fathers and daughters--drama Magicians--drama Islands--drama Pr2833.a2 l56 2002 822.3/3 Mathematics, study and teaching Shakespeare, william , 1564-1616 Fathers and daughters--fiction Castaways--drama Pr2833.a2 v38 2011 The tempest English drama (Comedy) English Dramatists Early modern Education Light Skates (Fishes)

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Prospero Miranda Ariel Caliban Sycorax Iris Ceres Juno Alonso Sebastian Antonio Ferdinand Gonzalo William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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Italy Naples Carthage Milan

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First Sentence

"1.1 On board a ship carrying King Alonso of Naples and his entourage, a boatswain directs the crew to fight a great storm, but the ship appears destined to sink."

Edition Notes

Oxford Shakespeare

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR2833.A2, PR2833.A2 O74 1987, PR2833.A2 O74 1986b

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7396512M
ISBN 10
0198129173
ISBN 13
9780198129172
LCCN
86012549
OCLC/WorldCat
494470913, 5038037191, 7335680500, 13670253
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0198129173
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lwAOAQAAMAAJ
LibraryThing
5500

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Work ID
OL362699W

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Work Description

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's lowly nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.

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SCENE I. On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise
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