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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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text file |
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Cover. |
| Summary |
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 rarely been questioned and has not received the critical inquiry it deserves, a number of subsidiary and closely related interpretative puzzles have come sharply into focus. These include the play's sources of New World imagery; its festival symbolism and structure; its relationship to William Strachey's True Reportory account of the 1609 Bermuda wreck of the. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. First Draft of William Strachey's True Reportory / William S. Niederkorn -- 2. "O Brave New World" / William S. Niederkorn -- 3. Caliban's Island / William S. Niederkorn -- 4. Amazing Storms / William S. Niederkorn -- 5. Spanish Maze / William S. Niederkorn -- 6. Prospero's Labyrinth / William S. Niederkorn -- 7. Movable Feast / William S. Niederkorn -- 8. Where in the World? / William S. Niederkorn -- 9. Elizabethan Tempest / William S. Niederkorn -- 10. "Standard Thesis" / William S. Niederkorn -- 11. B to the Rescue / William S. Niederkorn -- 12. Who Made the Addendum? / William S. Niederkorn -- 13. Shortcuts Make Long Delays / William S. Niederkorn -- 14. William Strachey, Plagiarist / William S. Niederkorn -- 15. History of Error / William S. Niederkorn -- 16. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt / William S. Niederkorn -- 17. Eyewitness? / William S. Niederkorn -- 18. "Just So" Story / William S. Niederkorn -- 19. Myth of Strachey's Influence / William S. Niederkorn -- A. Table of David Kathman's Alleged Storm Scene Influences with Antecedent Passages in Shakespeare / William S. Niederkorn -- B. Plot and Theme Parallels Between Die Schäne Sidea and The Tempest / William S. Niederkorn -- C. Comparison of Richard Martin's December 1610 Requests for Information with Passages from True Reportory / William S. Niederkorn. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest -- Sources.
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Tempest (Shakespeare, William) |
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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Sources.
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Kositsky, Lynne, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stritmatter, Roger A. On the Date, Sources and Design of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, ©2013 9780786471041 |
| ISBN |
9781476603704 (electronic book) |
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1476603707 (electronic book) |
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9780786471041 |
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