intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts when studying The tempest by William Shakespeare.
... with an essay on Romeo and Juliet by Julia Kristeva Juliet Dusinberre, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women, Macmillan, 1975 → An excellent introduction to the subject Terry Eagleton, William Shakespeare, Blackwell, 1986 → A lively ...
John Willett, Methuen, 1964 Morris Weitz, Hamlet and the Philosophy of Literary Criticism, Faber, 1965 Eleanor Prosser, Hamlet and Revenge, Stanford University Press, 1967 John Jump (ed.), Hamlet Casebook, Macmillan, 1968 Walter N. King ...
The group comprises Pericles (1608), Cymbeline (1609–11), The Winter's Tale (1610–11) and The Tempest (1610–11). These plays (particularly Cymbeline) reprise many of the situations and themes of the earlier dramas but in fantastical and ...
... the forest of Arden in As You Like It or Prospero's island in The Tempest). Courtiers are frequently figures of fun whose unmanly sophistication ('neat and trimly dressed, / Fresh as a bridegroom ... perfumed like a milliner', ...
35 reproducible exercises in each guide reinforce basic reading and comprehension skills as they teach higher order critical thinking skills and literary appreciation.
Key Features: Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes and techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical and literary background Modern and historical critical approaches ...
"Shakespeare's last play is a romantic fantasy about a magician who rules over an enchanted island with his daughter. Considered his most beautiful work, it is a rare reflection of his views on life"--Provided by publisher.
The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare.
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