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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... script offers options for interpre- tation . Parts of Africa , for example , view Desdemona's fault as marrying outside of her tribe . That interpretation is present in the script , even if it is represented by the racism of Roderigo ...
... script to reshape itself against the friction of a zeitgeist , but there are also weaknesses . One is that a postmodernist production can be- come an incoherent mishmash that denies any interpretation of the script . If postmodernism ...
... script , or to neglect to ask what a script is is to smudge distinctions just when they should be focussed tightly , and to deny students a crucial aspect of their education : that is , how do the media work ? The question can be ...
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Voice in Motion: Staging Gender, Shaping Sound in Early Modern England Gina Bloom No preview available - 2007 |