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On the Date, Sources and Design of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
This book challenges a longstanding and deeply ingrained belief in Shakespearean studies that The Tempest--long supposed to be Shakespeare's last play--was not written until 1611. In the course of investigating this proposition, which has rarely been questioned and has not received the critical...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book challenges a longstanding and deeply ingrained belief in Shakespearean studies that The Tempest--long supposed to be Shakespeare's last play--was not written until 1611. In the course of investigating this proposition, which has rarely been questioned and has not received the critical inquiry it deserves, a number of subsidiary and closely related interpretative puzzles have come sharply into focus. These include the play's sources of New World imagery; its festival symbolism and structure; its relationship to William Strachey's True Reportory account of the 1609 Bermuda wreck of the. |
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| Notas: | Cover. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476603704 1476603707 |