On the Date, Sources and Design of Shakespeare's The Tempest

by Roger A. Stritmatter and Lynne Kositsky

Book Overview

This book challenges a longstanding and deeply ingrained belief in Shakespearean studies that The Tempest--long supposed to be Shakespeare's last play--was not written until 1611. In the course of investigating this proposition, which has not received the critical inquiry it deserves, a number of subsidiary and closely related interpretative puzzles come sharply into focus. These include the play's sources of New World imagery; its festival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786471042
• ISBN13: 9780786471041
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher