The Tempest: Language and Writing

Key features include:

* an introduction considering when and how the play was written, addressing the language with which Shakespeare created his work, as well as the generic, literary and theatrical conventions at his disposal
* detailed examination and analysis of the individual text, focusing on its literary, technical and historical intricacies
* discussion of performance history and the critical reception of the work
* a ‘Writing matters’ section in every chapter, clearly linking the analysis of Shakespeare’s language to your own writing strategies in coursework and examinations.

Written by world-class academics with both scholarly insight and outstanding teaching skills, each guide will empower you to read and write about Shakespeare with increased confidence and enthusiasm.

Shakespeare’s The Tempest is among the most widely-admired works of literature. More than any other Shakespeare play, it has lent itself to rewriting and is among the most ‘metadramatic’ of Shakespeare’s works, pondering the value of creating worlds with words.