The TempestHackett Publishing, 19.02.2019 - 144 Seiten George Lyman Kittredge's perceptive editions have endured in part because of his eclecticism, his diversity of interests, and his wide-ranging accomplishments—all of which are reflected in the valuable notes in each volume. The plays in the New Kittredge Shakespeare series retain the original Kittredge notes and introductions, changed or augmented only when some modernization seems necessary. These new editions also include introductory essays by contemporary editors, notes on the plays as they have been performed on stage and film, and additional student materials. |
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... action takes place within about three hours (I.2.240; V.1.4, 135–137, 186). The long story that Prospero tells Miranda in the second scene sums up events, which by Shakespeare's usual method would have been dramatized. Contrast The ...
... action takes place within about three hours (I.2.240; V.1.4, 135–137, 186). The long story that Prospero tells Miranda in the second scene sums up events, which by Shakespeare's usual method would have been dramatized. Contrast The ...
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... action when Prospero and his baby daughter were cast up on that strange shore, for “the foul witch Sycorax” had been its colonizer, under duress, and her son Caliban was a demi-devil, whose father was a fiend, while, as for Setebos her ...
... action when Prospero and his baby daughter were cast up on that strange shore, for “the foul witch Sycorax” had been its colonizer, under duress, and her son Caliban was a demi-devil, whose father was a fiend, while, as for Setebos her ...
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... action, with the deaths of several principal characters). Everyone encounters confusion, and mistaken identity is common. The characters tend to be either heroes or villains; the heroes are usually separated from loved ones and devote a ...
... action, with the deaths of several principal characters). Everyone encounters confusion, and mistaken identity is common. The characters tend to be either heroes or villains; the heroes are usually separated from loved ones and devote a ...
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... action is minor). For the last two plays, Shakespeare uses titles that suggest a focus as much on theme as on character. Although The Winter's Tale could be entitled Leontes, given his prominence in the plot, and The Tempest could be ...
... action is minor). For the last two plays, Shakespeare uses titles that suggest a focus as much on theme as on character. Although The Winter's Tale could be entitled Leontes, given his prominence in the plot, and The Tempest could be ...
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... action and Prospero's constant references to the clock as he strives to complete his project of returning to Italy. In a famous twentieth-century novel, one character speaks of the past as “a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”2 ...
... action and Prospero's constant references to the clock as he strives to complete his project of returning to Italy. In a famous twentieth-century novel, one character speaks of the past as “a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”2 ...
Inhalt
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How to Read Shakespeares The Tempest as Performance | 89 |
The Tempest Timeline | 97 |
Questions for Discussion and Further Study | 99 |
Bibliography and Filmography | 103 |
Back Cover | 113 |
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