{"product_id":"the-tempest-a-critical-reader-9781472518408","title":"The Tempest A Critical Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003econtains sublime poetry and catchy songs, magic and low comedy, while it tackles important contemporary concerns: education, power politics, the effects of colonization, and technology. In this guide, Alden T. Vaughan and Virginia Mason Vaughan open up new ways into one of Shakespeare's most popular, malleable and controversial plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   Series Introduction   Notes on Contributors   Timeline   Introduction (Alden T. Vaughan, Columbia University, USA, Clark University, USA)  1 The Critical Backstory: ‘What’s Past is Prologue’ (Virginia Mason Vaughan, Clark University, USA)  2 A Theatre of Attraction: Colonialism, Gender, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e’s Performance History (Eckart Voigts, TU Braunschweig, Germany)   3 Recent Perspectives on \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e (Brinda Charry, Keene State College, USA)  4 New Directions: Sources and Creativity in \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e (Andrew Gurr, University of Reading, UK)   5 New Directions: \u003ci\u003eCommedia dell’Arte\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, and Transnational Criticism (Helen M. Whall, College of the Holy Cross, USA)  6 New Directions: ‘He needs will be Absolute Milan’: The Political Thought of \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e  (Jeffrey A. Rufo, Rutgers University, USA)   7 New Directions: Shakespeare’s Revolution – \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e as Scientific Romance (Scott Maisano, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA)   8 ‘volumes that \/ I prize’: Resources for Studying and Teaching \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest \u003c\/i\u003e(Nathaniel Amos Rothschild, St Thomas Aquinas College, USA)  Notes   Select Bibliography   Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770016727383,"sku":"9781472518408","price":29.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472518408.jpg?v=1758723744","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-tempest-a-critical-reader-9781472518408","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}