The "Tempest" by Nigel Wood
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The "Tempest"
The "Tempest"
Summary
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.
The "Tempest" Summary
The "Tempest" Reviews
"Wood's introduction and the four main chapters are elegantly written and carefully argued; they reveal to students the benefit of focusing the lens of theory on a particular text." - Theatre Research International
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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GOR006450163
9780335156887
0335156886
The "Tempest" by Nigel Wood
Used - Good
Paperback
Open University Press
1994-12-01
208
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