The tempest : a case study in critical controversy

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The tempest : a case study in critical controversy

William Shakespeare ; edited by Gerald Graff, James Phelan

(Case studies in critical controversy)

Bedford/St. Martin's, c2009

2nd ed

  • : Palgrave Macmillan

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"Published and distributed outside North America by Palgrave Macmillan" -- T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references

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: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 9780230222113

Description

This text reprints the Bevington edition of "The Tempest" and features a range of illustrations and primary documents which help to contextualize the play. It reprints the Bevington edition of the play. It facilitates many different approaches to Shakespeare. It features illustrations and thematically arranged primary documents to help contextualise the play. New edition contains four new selections, revised head notes, a portfolio of visual representations of Caliban, and an appendix on writing about critical controversies.This critical edition reprints the Bevington text of "The Tempest" along with essays representing major critical and cultural controversies surrounding the work. The second edition includes four new selections, revised head notes, visual representations of Caliban, and an appendix on writing about critical controversies.

Table of Contents

  • Preface PART I: SHAKESPEARE AND THE TEMPEST The Life and Work of William Shakespeare The Text of The Tempest PART II: A CASE STUDY IN CRITICAL CONTROVERSY Why Study Critical Controversies about The Tempest?? Literary Study, Politics and Shakespeare: A Debate Literary Politics
  • G.Will The Best Way to Kill our Literary Heritage is to Turn it into Decorous Celebration of the New World Order
  • S.Greenblatt Sources and Contexts From Of the Cannibals
  • M.de Montaigne From True Repertory of the Wrack
  • W.Strachey From A Discovery of the Barmudas
  • S.Jourdain Reasons for Colonization
  • R.Hakluyt From Letter to Phillip, Great Prince of Spain
  • B.De Las Casas The Monster Caliban
  • D.Wilson A Portfolio of Images of Caliban The Tempest in the Wilderness
  • R.Takaki Shakespeare and the Power of Order From The Great Chain of Being
  • E.M.W.Tilyard The Shakespeare: The Final Plays
  • F.Kermode The Blue-Eyed Witch
  • L.Marcus The Post-Colonial Challenge 'This Thing of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine': The Tempest and the Discourse of Colonialism
  • P.Brown Nymphs and Reapers Heavily Vanish: The Discursive Contexts of 'The Tempest'
  • F.Barker & P.Hulme From A Tempest
  • A.Cesaire Responding to the Challenge Shakespeare's 'Tempest' and the Discourse of Colonialism
  • D.Willis 'The Duke of Milan/ And His Brave Son': Old Histories and New in The Tempest
  • D.S.Kastan Discourse and the Individual: The Case of Colonialism in The Tempest
  • M.A.Skura The Feminist Challenge From Gender, Race, Renaissance Drama
  • A.Loomba 'Miranda, Where's Your Sister?': Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest
  • A.Thompson Writing About Critical Controversy in The Tempest Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
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ISBN 9780312457525

Description

This critical edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest contains the play and 21 additional selections representing major critical and cultural controversies surrounding the work providing you with more insight into the play's critical issues and cultural debates about literature itself.

Table of Contents

Preface PART ONE: SHAKESPEARE AND THE TEMPEST The Life and Work of William Shakespeare The Text of The Tempest PART TWO: A CASE STUDY IN CRITICAL CONTROVERSY Why Study Critical Controversies about The Tempest? Literary Study, Politics, and Shakespeare: A Debate George Will, "Literary Politics" Stephen Greenblatt, "The Best Way to Kill Our Literary Inheritance Is to Turn It into a Decorous Celebration of the New World Order" Sources and Contexts Michel De Montaigne, from "Of the Cannibals" William Strachey, from "True Repertory of the Wrack" Sylvester Jourdain, from "A Discovery of the Barmudas" Richard Hakluyt," Reasons for Colonization" Bartolome De Las Casas, from "Letter to Phillip, Great Prince of Spain" New Daniel Wilson, "The Monster Caliban" New A Portfolio of Images of Caliban New E. M.W. Tilyard, From The Great Chain of Being Ronald Takaki, The "Tempest" in the Wilderness Shakespeare and the Power of Order Frank Kermode, from Shakespeare: The Final Plays Reuben A. Brower," The Mirror of Analogy: The Tempest" New Leah Marcus, "The Blue-Eyed Witch" The Postcolonial Challenge Paul Brown, " 'This Thing of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine': The Tempest and the Discourse of Colonialism" Francis Barker and Peter Hulme, "Nymphs and Reapers Heavily Vanish: The Discursive Contexts of The Tempest" New Aime Cesaire, Scenes from A Tempest Responding to the Challenge Deborah Willis, "Shakespeare's Tempest and the Discourse of Colonialism" David Scott Kastian, " 'The Duke of Milan /And His Brave Son': Old Histories and New in The Tempest" Meredith Anne Skura, from "Discourse and the Individual: The Case of Colonialism in The Tempest" The Feminist Challenge Ania Loomba, from Gender, Race, Renaissance Drama Ann Thompson, " 'Miranda, Where's Your Sister?': Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest" New Writing about Critical Controversy in The Tempest

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