{"product_id":"the-tempest-9781350087071","title":"The Tempest","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eCritical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume offers, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The volume features criticism from  key literary figures, such as Ben Jonson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Dryden, John Ruskin and Edward Malone. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I  INTRODUCTION II  THE CRITICAL TRADITION   1. EDMOND MALONE, date of composition, 1790               2. WILLIAM TAYLOR, as tragicomedy\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1795  3. GEORGE CHALMERS, New World voyages, 1795  4. EDMOND MALONE, Virginia Voyages\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e1808  5. AUGUST WILHELM SCHLEGEL, as poetry, 1809-11  6. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, commentary, 1811-12   7. WILLIAM HAZLITT, commentary\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1817   8. EDMOND MALONE, Caliban as savage, 1821  9. CHARLES LAMB, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003estaged,1822  10. ANNA JAMESON, on Miranda, 1832  11. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, as romantic drama, 1836                        12. THOMAS CAMPBELL, Shakespeare as Prospero, 1838     13. JOSEPH HUNTER, the Mediterranean, 1839  14. WASHINGTON IRVING, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003eand America, 1840  15. PATRICK MACDONNELL, on Caliban, 1840  16. CHARLES KNIGHT, commentary\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1843  17. HERMANN ULRICI, the wonderful and the real, 1846 18. W.J. BIRCH, religion\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e 1848  19. JOHN RUSKIN, slavery, 1872  20. DANIEL WILSON, Caliban as the ‘missing link’, 1873  21. EDWARD DOWDEN, Shakespeare as Prospero, 1875        22. A.C. SWINBURNE, commentary\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1880  23. FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE, commentary\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1882    24. HORACE HOWARD FURNESS, on Caliban, 1895                                25. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, review\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1897  26. RUDYARD KIPLING, commentary, 1898  27. FRANK BRISTOL, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e and America, 1898  28. LUCE MORTON, commentary\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1901  29. ASHLEY THORNDIKE, the influence of Beaumont and Fletcher\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e 1901  30. EVERETT EDWARD HALE, commentary\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1903  31. W.W. NEWELL, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003eand folk tale, 1903  32. MAX BEERBOHM, theater review, 1903  33. A.C. BRADLEY, the transitory nature of things, 1904  34. BROOKE STOPFORD, commentary\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e1905  35. LYTTON STRACHEY, Shakespeare’s final period, 1906  36. HENRY JAMES, commentary, 1907  37. SIDNEY LEE, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003eand America, 1907  38. WALTER RALEIGH, Shakespeare’s last phase, 1907  39. JOHN CHURTON COLLINS, Christian symbolism \u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e1908  40. F.H. RISTINE, tragi-comedy, 1910  41. SIDNEY LEE, Caliban as a Native American, 1913  42. RACHEL KELSEY, New World influences, 1914  43. ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH, the first performance, 1917  44. CHARLES GAYLEY, political ideas\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e1917  45. JOHN REA, Erasmus’ influence on the storm scene, 1919  46. ERNEST LAW, the Blackfriars Theatre, 1920  47. COLLIN STILL, as allegory, 1921  48. JOSE ENRIQUE RODÓ, Ariel and Caliban as symbols, 1922.  49. RICHARD NOBLE, songs, 1923  50. ENID WELSFORD, the court masque, 1927  51. E.K. CHAMBERS, sources, 1930-31  52. WILSON KNIGHT, tempests and music, 1932  53. E.M.W. TILLYARD, commentary, 1936  54. JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY, nurture and change, 1936  55. F.R. LEAVIS, reality, 1942  56. THEODORE SPENCER, ordering of characters, 1942  57. WILSON KNIGHT, commentary\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e 1947  58. G.E. BENTLEY, the Blackfriars Theatre, 1948  59. JAMES NOSWORTHY, structure and sources,1948  60. DEREK TRAVERSI, artistic and moral purpose, 1949  61. NEVILL COGHILL, Christian myth, 1950  62. FRANK KERMODE, commentary \u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e1954   III  SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY   Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407505334615,"sku":"9781350087071","price":133.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350087071.jpg?v=1730499605","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-tempest-9781350087071","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}