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The Tempest is one of the most suggestive, yet most elusive of all Shakespeare`s plays, and has provoked a wide range of critical interpretation. It is a magical romance, yet deeply and problematically embedded in seventeenth-century debates about authority and power. David Lindley`s Introduction and commentary focus upon contemporary texts, attending to the implications of Prospero`s magic, his political and paternal ambitions, and the controversial issue of his `colonialist` control of Caliban. The Tempest was also Shakespeare`s response to the new opportunities offered by the Blackfriars theatre, and careful attention is given to the play`s dramatic form, stage-craft, and use of music and spectacle, to demonstrate its uniquely experimental nature.ISBN:9781107625167
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Pages : 259
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