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Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments vii
  • Preface 1
  • Introduction 3
  • I. Bardic Shards, Artifacts and Sources 13
  • II. The English Cultural Climate and Mystery Play Scholarship 25
  • III. Shakespeare's Turbulent Overture 41
  • IV. Shakespearean Typology: The Several Identities of Characters in The Tempest 49
  • V. Biblical Fabrics: Ludus Coventriae and Descriptive Portraits in The Book of Common Prayer and the Bible 73
  • VI. The Language of Belief: Wordplay in The Tempest 93
  • VII. Shakespeare's Paronomastic Plot 107
  • VIII. “All the Tuned Spheres”: A Cosmological Framework 121
  • IX. Weaving the Tapestry: Themes, Focus, and Design 135
  • X. Golden Hours, Yellow Sands: Time and Place in The Tempest 147
  • XI. Beyond This “Little Life”: A Vision 169
  • Notes 179
  • Works Cited 195
  • Index 201

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        Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
        Publication Date: 3/20/2014 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780786493548, 978-0786493548
        ISBN10: 0786493542

        Description

        Book Synopsis


        Table of Contents
        Table of Contents:
        • Acknowledgments vii
        • Preface 1
        • Introduction 3
        • I. Bardic Shards, Artifacts and Sources 13
        • II. The English Cultural Climate and Mystery Play Scholarship 25
        • III. Shakespeare's Turbulent Overture 41
        • IV. Shakespearean Typology: The Several Identities of Characters in The Tempest 49
        • V. Biblical Fabrics: Ludus Coventriae and Descriptive Portraits in The Book of Common Prayer and the Bible 73
        • VI. The Language of Belief: Wordplay in The Tempest 93
        • VII. Shakespeare's Paronomastic Plot 107
        • VIII. “All the Tuned Spheres”: A Cosmological Framework 121
        • IX. Weaving the Tapestry: Themes, Focus, and Design 135
        • X. Golden Hours, Yellow Sands: Time and Place in The Tempest 147
        • XI. Beyond This “Little Life”: A Vision 169
        • Notes 179
        • Works Cited 195
        • Index 201

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