Tempest (Monarch notes & study guides) - Softcover

Ranald, Ralph A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671006444 ISBN 13: 9780671006440

Publisher: Pearson Education Imports: Depositories, 1986

Synopsis

As in the previous volumes of this series, the aim has been to present a satisfactory text of the play, modernized in spelling and punctuation, and to furnish in the introduction and notes comment enough to render it thoroughly intelligible. The first section of the introduction is intended to give the student an idea of the place of the play in the history of the English drama in general, and of Shakspere sdevelopment in particular. The second section deals with the date and sources of The Tempest, and discusses Shakspere smeter and language. In stating the result of research into the source of the plot, I have dealt with the suggested originals somewhat fully, in spite of the fact that I believe the true source has not yet been discovered. The accounts given here, however, are sufficient to enable the student to judge for himself whether either the German play or the Spanish tale is worthy of further study in this connection. Since the restoration of authenticity to Cunningham sextracts from the Accounts of the Revels at Court by Mr.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education Imports: Depositories
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671006444
• ISBN 13: 9780671006440
• Binding: Paperback