The TempestEdited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. The Tempest is the most lyrical, profound and fascinating of Shakespeare's late comedies. Prospero, long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies. Eventually, having proved merciful, he divests himself of that magic, his 'art', and prepares to return to the mainland. The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's 'farewell to the stage' before his retirement. In the past, critics emphasised the romantically beautiful features of The Tempest, seeing it as an imaginative fantasia. In recent decades, however, The Tempest has also been treated as a potently political drama which offers controversial insights into colonialism and racism. Frequently staged and diversely filmed, the play has influenced numerous poets and novelists. |
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William Shakespeare. The Tempest WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED THE TEMPEST This One Q3LD - 92U - 63WE THE. WORDSWORTH CLASSICS Front Cover.
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William Shakespeare. THE TEMPEST William Shakespeare Edited by CEDRIC WATTS WORDSWORTH CLASSICS First published in 1994 by Wordsworth Editions Limited 8B East.
... Introduction Introduction 7 9 Further Reading Note on Shakespeare 23 25 Acknowledgements and Textual Matters 27 THE TEMPEST 29 Notes on The Tempest 97 Glossary 117 GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Wordsworth Classics ' Shakespeare Series , with.
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