Books : The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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by: William Shakespeare
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780743482837
ISBN: 0743482832
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: June 22, 2004
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Sales Rank: 44169
Studio: Washington Square Press
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Product Description:
Each edition includes:
• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
• Scene-by-scene plot summaries
• A key to famous lines and phrases
• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
• An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Barbara A. Mowat
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - "Come, kiss the book!"
As Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest is appropriately a culmination of his motifs and themes amassed beforehand in previous work. You have the jester, the underhanded political aspirants, the outcast, the young naive fools hopelessly in lust, and the omniscient schemer behind it all. What may have disappointed Elizabethan audiences may have actually been this mix, since it was such a combination that it felt more as if the plot was just regurgitating old plot devices but rest assured, the Bard ... Read More
Rating:  - Not the Bard's best
I like Shakespeare, but the Bard was having an off day with this one.
It rambled, it didn't have the down-to-earth feel of his better stuff, it had the passion of a comedy and the humor of a romance; it was tepid. It felt contrived thoughout. It would probably be a splendid opera, with the potential for great costumes, set, and songs, while noone minds the limp plot and saccharine ending.
The thing I missed most was the stark exposure of human nature of his other works, ... Read More
Rating:  - "Come unto these yellow sands..."
One of Shakespeare's most beloved works, The Tempest is a classic tale of adventure that combines revenge drama, romance, and comedy, all of it driven by magic and the supernatural. The play also uses manifold references to ancient myth to develop its sense of seabound peril, while drawing brilliant parallels to the colonial impulse that was then rapidly on the rise in Europe. Indeed, one of The Tempest's most singular triumphs is how it metaphorically addresses the complexities of colonialism in ways ... Read More
Rating: - A later work of Shakespeare
This play is a fantasy and romance. The story is of a wise old magician and his unworldly daughter. There is a gallant young prince and a cruel, scheming brother. It is very much like a fairy tale written in Shakespeare's wonderful prose. In it ancient wrongs are righted and true lovers live happily ever after. The play is also an allegory, and it holds so much of Shakespeare's mature reflections on life. It is enjoyable.
Rating: - Good Seller
The book was recieved in good shape and very fast. We ordered several bookes from different places and this was the first one we recieved.
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