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Loading... The Tempest [Norton Critical Edition]by William Shakespeare, Peter Hulme (Editor), William H. Sherman (Editor)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Late Shakespeare bewilders me. Here we have a cast of faceless characters moved around like chess pieces by a wizard and his fairy sidekick. Because there is no serious doubt that Prospero will prevail there is no suspense or genuine excitement. How we are supposed to feel about Prospero and his use of power is an enigma, and that enigma supplies what dramatic interest there is. So it is a play that is more fun to think about than to actually read or see performed. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Presents William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and includes excerpts from its sources, eighteen works of criticism by writers ranging from John Dryden to Barbara Fuchs, and seventeen works based on the play by such authors as Percy Shelley and Ted Hughes. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)822.33Literature English & Old English literatures English drama Elizabethan 1558-1625 Shakespeare, William 1564–1616LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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