by Peter Hulme
First published 2021
This Norton Critical Edition presents Shakespeare's The Tempest through multiple lenses of interpretation and analysis. The volume centers on the reliable First Folio text from 1623, enhanced with detailed annotations that clarify the play's language and references. The edition gathers source materials from influential writers including Ovid, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, King James I, and Michel de Montaigne, exploring the work's central concerns with magic, witchcraft, politics, religion, geography, and travel. Seventeen scholarly essays examine the play from various critical perspectives, with seven new contributions in this second edition. The collection also features nineteen creative reimaginings and adaptations by writers ranging from Thomas Heywood and Percy Bysshe Shelley to Aimé Césaire and Ted Hughes, demonstrating the play's continued influence across centuries and cultures. This comprehensive approach illuminates both traditional interpretations and opens pathways for future scholarly investigation.
Genres: drama, adaptations, classics, literary-fiction, fantasy, academic
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Period: 1623, 17th-century, 19th-century, 20th-century
148 pages · Paperback · Independently published