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The Tempest Paperback - 1998
by Shakespeare, William
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- Title The Tempest
- Author Shakespeare, William
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 248
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford
- Date March 28, 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP17443483
- ISBN 9780192834140 / 0192834142
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 4.9 x 7.6 x 0.5 in (12.45 x 19.30 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 03 to 07 years
- Grade levels P - 2
- Reading level 1290
- Library of Congress subjects Survival after airplane accidents,, Islands
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 8602568
- Dewey Decimal Code 822.914
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About this book
The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s last solo-written plays. This tragedy tells the story of an exiled ruler who uses magic to restore his daughter to power and argues that the powerful must show mercy. First performed in 1611, The Tempest has been put to varied interpretations, from those that see it as a fable of art and creation, with Prospero representing Shakespeare, and Prospero's renunciation of magic signaling Shakespeare's farewell to the stage, to interpretations that consider it an allegory of Europeans colonizing foreign lands.
O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world
That has such people in ’t! (V.i.)
O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world
That has such people in ’t! (V.i.)
Summary
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.Each volume features:Authoritative, reliable textsHigh quality introductions and notesNew, more readable trade trim sizeAn essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts
First line
First Appearances. The Tempest stands first in the 1623 Folio of Shakespeare's works.
