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The tempest : sources and contexts, criticism, rewritings and appropriations /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Other Authors: Hulme, Peter, Sherman, William H. (William Howard)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Norton critical edition.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Tempest.
Shakespeare, William.
Tempest (Shakespeare, William)
Tempest.
Fathers and daughters > Drama.
Political refugees > Drama.
Shipwreck victims > Drama.
Magicians > Drama.
Islands > Drama.
Spirits > Drama.
Fathers and daughters.
Islands.
Magicians.
Political refugees.
Shipwreck victims.
Spirits.
Tragicomedy.
Tragicomedies.
Drama.
Tragicomédies.
Table of Contents:
  • The text of the tempest
  • Sources and contexts
  • Criticism
  • Rewritings and appropriations: Drama and film
  • Poems
  • Selected bibliography.