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The Tempest
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Shakespeare , William
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Langbaum, Robert
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Penguin Publishing Group 1998
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The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's fantastical play that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
Prospero—sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan—has lived a reclusive life with his daughter Miranda in the years since his position was usurped by his brother, Antonio. Now, as Antonio’s ship passes near Prospero’s island home, the sorcerer conjures up a terrible storm that will change all of their destinies....
This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as:
• An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Robert Langbaum
• Selections from William Strachey, Sylvester Jourdain, Montaigne, and Ovid, sources from which Shakespeare derived The Tempest
• Dramatic criticism from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, E.M.W. Tillyard, Lori Jerrell, and others
• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text
• And more...
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Street Date:
09/01/1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781101142295
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B002SV36XM
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William Shakespeare. (1998). The Tempest. Penguin Publishing Group.

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William Shakespeare. 1998. The Tempest. Penguin Publishing Group.

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William Shakespeare, The Tempest. Penguin Publishing Group, 1998.

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William Shakespeare. The Tempest. Penguin Publishing Group, 1998.

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• An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Robert Langbaum
• Selections from William Strachey, Sylvester Jourdain, Montaigne, and Ovid, sources from which Shakespeare derived The Tempest
• Dramatic criticism from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, E.M.W. Tillyard, Lori Jerrell, and others
• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions
• Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text
• And more...
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• An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater
• A special introduction to the play by the editor, Robert Langbaum
• Selections from William Strachey, Sylvester Jourdain, Montaigne, and Ovid, sources from which Shakespeare derived The Tempest
• Dramatic criticism from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, E.M.W. Tillyard, Lori Jerrell, and others
• A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors,...
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The Tempest - William Shakespeare - Edited by Robert Langbaum Samuel Taylor Coleridge: From The Lectures of 1811- 1812, Lecture IX
E. M. W. Tillyard: The Tragic Pattern: ?The Tempest?
Bernard Knox: ?The Tempest? and the Ancient Comic Tradition
Lorie Jerrell Leininger: The Miranda Trap: Sexism and Racism in Shakespeare?s ?Tempest?
Sylvan Barnet: ?The Tempest? on the Stage

NEWLY ADDED ESSAY:
Stephen Greenblatt: The Use of Salutary Anxiety in ?The Tempest?

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