The Tempest: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

The Tempest: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
ISBN-10
1350284157
ISBN-13
9781350284159
Series
The Tempest
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2022-01-13
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Brinda Charry

Description

The Tempest: Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume offers, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The volume features criticism from key literary figures, such as Ben Jonson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Dryden, John Ruskin and Edward Malone. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

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