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Surveys the textual, historical, cultural, thematic, and critical background of The Tempest and reviews its performance history.

Table of Contents

Preface Textual History Contexts and Sources Dramatic Structure Themes Critical Approaches The Play in Performance Bibliography Index

About the Author

H.R. COURSEN teaches at the University of Maine, Augusta. He is the author of more than forty books, including Macbeth: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood Press, 1997) and Teaching Shakespeare with Film and Television: A Guide (Greenwood Press, 1997), both available from Greenwood Press.

Reviews

"Coursen has woven the bountiful scholarly literature on The Tempest into a compact and insightful guidebook. It should be immensely useful to students, teachers, and general readers for its trenchant, judicious discussions of the play's text, sources, themes, characters and performance history. A handy Baedeker to Shakespeare's last solo play."-Alden and Virginia Vaughan Co-editors, The Arden "Tempest"

"Herbert Coursen's book on The Tempest is the product of a master teacher and scholar's long career. Its comprehensive survey of the play's texts, themes, characters, critical treatments, and performances provides a handy reference for students and instructors. Its individual perspectives and personal judgements make for lively reading and provocative discussion."-Steven Marx Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo

?Coursen provides an elegant reading of the play's textual history, sources, structure and themes, criticism, and performance history.?-Studies in English Literature

"Coursen provides an elegant reading of the play's textual history, sources, structure and themes, criticism, and performance history."-Studies in English Literature