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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... language " ( 1996 , 269 ) . Caliban refuses to give up the island . He couches his objection in language he learned from Prospero and in the concepts the new language has grown to incorporate . The island is " mine , " says Caliban ...
... language . It follows that language is necessarily the right instrument for describing , conceptualizing , interpreting na- ture [ and ] the union of nature and experience that is called society . It is thanks to this transmuting ...
... language and the point at which something else must take its place . For Barton , the play's language " seems to be driving towards some ultimate reduction of language , a mode of expression more meaningful in its very bare- ness than ...
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Voice in Motion: Staging Gender, Shaping Sound in Early Modern England Gina Bloom No preview available - 2007 |