Administrators Husifer 0 Posted October 18 Administrators Share Posted October 18 The Tempest "Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses his magic to shipwreck a party of ex-compatriots. This extensively annotated version of The Tempest makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century." "Linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. Raffel provides an introductory essay, and in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom examines the characters Prospero and Caliban."--BOOK JACKET. Book Author William Shakespeare ISBN 9780521783750 Number of Pages 412 Year of Publication 2000 Publisher Cambridge University Press Category Humor & Satire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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