{"product_id":"the-tempest-william-shakespeare","title":"The Tempest; William Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-height=\"230\" class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-height=\"230\" class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdited, introduced and annotated by \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis the most lyrical, profound and fascinating of Shakespeare's late comedies. Prospero, long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies. Eventually, having proved merciful, he divests himself of that magic, his ‘art’, and prepares to return to the mainland. The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's ‘farewell to the stage’ before his retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the past, critics emphasised the romantically beautiful features of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, seeing it as an imaginative fantasia. In recent decades, however,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ehas also been treated as a potently political drama which offers controversial insights into colonialism and racism. Frequently staged and diversely filmed, the play has influenced numerous poets and novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39335637909574,"sku":"2502","price":4.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/products\/TheTempest_WilliamShakespeare.jpg?v=1622193998","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.pro\/products\/the-tempest-william-shakespeare","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}