{"product_id":"9781853262036","title":"The Tempest","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eShakespeare plays\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 January 1900 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 127 x 9 | 100g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eThe Tempest is 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\u003cp\u003eIn the past, critics emphasised the romantically beautiful features of The Tempest, seeing it as an imaginative fantasia. In recent decades, however, The Tempest has 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","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925278818563,"sku":"9781853262036","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781853262036.jpg?v=1731407477","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781853262036","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}