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CliffsComplete Shakespeare's The Tempest Paperback - 2000

by Sidney Lamb (Editor); Commentaries by Matthew Hansen


Summary

In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

CliffsComplete The Tempest tells the famous story of Prospero and his daughter Miranda. Through magic, Prospero has conjured up a storm that brings a ship full of his enemies to the island on which he and Miranda live. What follows is Shakespeare's comic masterpiece that's full of intrigue and romance.

Discover what happens to Prospero and Miranda — and save valuable studying time — all at once. Enhance your reading of The Tempest with these additional features:

  • A summary and insightful commentary for each act
  • Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
  • A look at the historical context and structure of the play
  • Discussions on the plays symbols and themes
  • A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
  • Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
  • A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites

Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!

From the publisher

In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.


CliffsComplete The Tempest tells the famous story of Prospero and his daughter Miranda. Through magic, Prospero has conjured up a storm that brings a ship full of his enemies to the island on which he and Miranda live. What follows is Shakespeare's comic masterpiece that's full of intrigue and romance.


Discover what happens to Prospero and Miranda - and save valuable studying time - all at once. Enhance your reading of The Tempest with these additional features:


  • A summary and insightful commentary for each act
  • Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
  • A look at the historical context and structure of the play
  • Discussions on the plays symbols and themes
  • A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
  • Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
  • A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites


Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!

First line

William Shakespeare, or the "Bard" as people fondly call him, permeates almost all aspects of our society.

From the rear cover

The Tempest is one of Shakespeare's later plays and can be classified as a romance. While it is an enjoyable fairy tale of sorts, complete with good and bad, uncomplicated love and miraculous incidents, the play also incorporates many of the playwright's common themes, such as the reconciliation of families that endure hardship.

"The CliffsComplete The Tempest" is a revised and expanded study edition. It contains Shakespeare's original play, a glossary, and expert commentary in a unique, 2-column format. To enhance your learning, notes and definitions appear directly opposite the line in which they occur, and a review section follows the play. This edition also introduces you to the life, works, and times of William Shakespeare.

Details

  • Title CliffsComplete Shakespeare's The Tempest
  • Author Sidney Lamb (Editor); Commentaries by Matthew Hansen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Foster City CA
  • Date 2000-05-04
  • ISBN 9780764585760 / 0764585762
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.17 x 7.4 x 0.52 in (23.29 x 18.80 x 1.32 cm)
  • Reading level 610
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Survival after airplane accidents,, Magicians
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00101105
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.33

About the author

About the Author Matthew C. Hansen has a B.A. in English from Washington & Lee University and an M.Phil. with a concentration on Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama from University College, Oxford. He has taught literature and directed productions of Shakespeare in England and the United States including, most recently, a production of The Tempest. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he holds a teaching fellowship.
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