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The tempest

edited by Nigel Wood

(Theory in practice series / general editor, Nigel Wood)

Open University Press, 1995

  • : pbk

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"Contributors, Howard Felperin ... [et al.]" -- cover

Bibliography: p. [181]-187

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

These essays contain examples of how new critical positions may be brought to bear in practice on "The Tempest". Sections in each essay locate a context for the theories adopted and explain unfamiliar terms. The essays also feature an interpretation of the work guided by these theoretical concepts.

Table of Contents

  • How to use this book
  • a note on the texts used
  • introduction -context and performance
  • political criticism at the crossroads -the utopian historicism of "The Tempest"
  • embodying the play
  • reading by contraries - "The Tempest" as romance
  • fantasy and history in "The Tempest"
  • endpiece.

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