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PublisherUnion Square Publishing

ISBN-101411400763

ISBN-139781411400764

eBay Product ID (ePID)52775532

Product Key Features

Book TitleTempest (Barnes and Noble Shakespeare)

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicShakespeare, General

Publication Year2007

GenreDrama, Literary Collections

AuthorWilliam Shakespeare

Book SeriesBarnes and Noble Shakespeare Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-009485

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal822.3/3

Synopsis&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&LIThe Tempest&&L/I, by &&LBWilliam Shakespeare&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Shakespeare&&L/I series. This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Great Britain, in collaboration with one of the world's foremost Shakespeare authorities, &&LBDavid Scott Kastan&&L/B of Columbia University. Together they have produced texts as faithful as possible to those that Shakespeare wrote.&&L/P&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" &&L/P&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"Each volume in the &&LIBarnes & Noble Shakespeare&&L/I includes: &&L/P &&LBNew Scholarship&&L/B - Premiere scholars introduce each play with contemporary scholarship. An essay on editing the text provides an in-depth look at the quartos and folios used in the edition. &&LBContextualizing Essays&&L/B - Essays on Shakespeare's England, language, and life, along with essays on performing Shakespeare and significant performances frame the play in both historical and theatrical context for readers. A look at the lasting influence of the play on music, art, film, and dance creates an interdisciplinary framework with which to approach the play. &&LBBetter Notes&&L/B - Through one-word margin definitions, facing-page glosses, and longer end notes after the play, our innovative approach to notes pulls readers away from the text fewer times while providing them with more information and comprehensive analysis. &&LBFurther Reading&&L/B - An annotated bibliography of titles, hand-selected by the introduction author, takes readers beyond the edition for further reading. An extraordinary blend of visual spectacle, story, and poetry, &&LIThe Tempest &&L/Iis Shakespeare's dramatic meditation on the art of power. The editor, &&LSTRONGGordon McMullan&&L/B, illuminates the play by putting it in the context of early modern writings on colonization and political conflict., &&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&LIThe Tempest&&L/I, by &&LBWilliam Shakespeare&&L/B, is part of the &&LIBarnes & Noble Shakespeare&&L/I series. This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Great Britain, in collaboration with one of the world's foremost Shakespeare authorities, &&LBDavid Scott Kastan&&L/B of Columbia University. Together they have produced texts as faithful as possible to those that Shakespeare wrote.&&L/P&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" &&L/P&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"Each volume in the &&LIBarnes & Noble Shakespeare&&L/I includes:&&L/P &&LBNew Scholarship&&L/B - Premiere scholars introduce each play with contemporary scholarship. An essay on editing the text provides an in-depth look at the quartos and folios used in the edition. &&LBContextualizing Essays&&L/B - Essays on Shakespeare's England, language, and life, along with essays on performing Shakespeare and significant performances frame the play in both historical and theatrical context for readers. A look at the lasting influence of the play on music, art, film, and dance creates an interdisciplinary framework with which to approach the play. &&LBBetter Notes&&L/B - Through one-word margin definitions, facing-page glosses, and longer end notes after the play, our innovative approach to notes pulls readers away from the text fewer times while providing them with more information and comprehensive analysis. &&LBFurther Reading&&L/B - An annotated bibliography of titles, hand-selected by the introduction author, takes readers beyond the edition for further reading. An extraordinary blend of visual spectacle, story, and poetry, &&LIThe Tempest &&L/Iis Shakespeare's dramatic meditation on the art of power. The editor, &&LSTRONGGordon McMullan&&L/B, illuminates the play by putting it in the context of early modern writings on colonization and political conflict.

LC Classification NumberPR2833.A1 2006