The Tempest
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2002
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-22159-7 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-22159-7 (ISBN)
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The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's most suggestive, yet most elusive plays. It is a magical romance, yet deeply embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. This edition explores both the original contexts of the play's writing and performance and the subsequent history of its very varied reception.
The Tempest is one of the most suggestive, yet most elusive of all Shakespeare's plays, and has provoked a wide range of critical interpretation. It is a magical romance, yet deeply and problematically embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. David Lindley's Introduction and commentary focus upon contemporary texts, attending to the implications of Prospero's magic, his political and paternal ambitions, and the controversial issue of his 'colonialist' control of Caliban. The Tempest was also Shakespeare's response to the new opportunities offered by the Blackfriars theatre, and careful attention is given to the play's dramatic form, stage-craft, and use of music and spectacle, to demonstrate its uniquely experimental nature.
The Tempest is one of the most suggestive, yet most elusive of all Shakespeare's plays, and has provoked a wide range of critical interpretation. It is a magical romance, yet deeply and problematically embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. David Lindley's Introduction and commentary focus upon contemporary texts, attending to the implications of Prospero's magic, his political and paternal ambitions, and the controversial issue of his 'colonialist' control of Caliban. The Tempest was also Shakespeare's response to the new opportunities offered by the Blackfriars theatre, and careful attention is given to the play's dramatic form, stage-craft, and use of music and spectacle, to demonstrate its uniquely experimental nature.
David Lindley is Professor of Renaissance Literature at the School of English, University of Leeds. His published work includes The Trials of Frances Howard and a book on on the poet-composer Thomas Campion, as well as essays on court masques and articles on the relationships between music and literature. He also contributed to the Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson (2000).
List of abbreviations and conventions; Introduction; Note on the text; List of characters; The play; Textual analysis; Appendix 1: The songs; Appendix 2: Parallel passages in Virgil and Ovid; Appendix 3: 'And other': the casting of The Tempest; Select reading list.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2002 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The New Cambridge Shakespeare |
| Zusatzinfo | 24 Halftones, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 559 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-22159-5 / 0521221595 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-22159-7 / 9780521221597 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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