On the Date, Sources and Design of Shakespeare's The Tempest
Published on 19. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7864-7104-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book challenges a longstanding and deeply ingrained belief in Shakespearean studies that The Tempest--long supposed to be Shakespeare's last play--was not written until 1611. In the course of investigating this proposition, which has not received the critical inquiry it deserves, a number of subsidiary and closely related interpretative puzzles come sharply into focus. These include the play's sources of New World imagery; its festival symbolism and structure; its relationship to William Strachey's True Reportory account of the 1609 Bermuda wreck of the Sea Venture (not published until 1625)--and the tangled history of how and why scholars have for so long misunderstood these matters.
Publication of some preliminary elements of the authors' arguments in leading Shakespearean journals (starting in 2007) ignited a controversy that became part of the critical history. This book presents the case in full for the first time.
Publication of some preliminary elements of the authors' arguments in leading Shakespearean journals (starting in 2007) ignited a controversy that became part of the critical history. This book presents the case in full for the first time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Adult education
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
9 photos, tables, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7104-1 (9780786471041)
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Persons
Roger A. Stritmatter is an associate professor of humanities at Coppin State University and general editor of Brief Chronicles: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Authorship Studies. He has published on Shakespearean topics in a range of academic journals, including The Shakespeare Yearbook, Review of English Studies, and the Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Lynne Kositsky is a poet, author, and independent researcher whose honors include the E.J. Pratt Medal and Award for Poetry and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Youth. Her articles with Roger Stritmatter on the dating and sources of Shakespeare's The Tempest have appeared in journals such as The Oxfordian and Critical Survey. She lives in Vineland, Ontario.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by William S. Niederkorn
Introduction
Timeline of Events Related to William Strachey's True Reportory
and the Bermuda Wreck of July 1609
Part I: A Movable Feast
1.?A First Draft of William Strachey's True Reportory
2.?"O Brave New World"
3.?Caliban's Island
4.?Amazing Storms
5.?A Spanish Maze
6.?Prospero's Labyrinth
7.?A Movable Feast
8.?Where in the World?
9.?An Elizabethan Tempest
Part II: What's Past Is Prologue
10.?A "Standard Thesis"
11.?B to the Rescue
12.?Who Made the Addendum?
13.?Shortcuts Make Long Delays
14.?William Strachey, Plagiarist
15.?A History of Error
16.?Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
17.?An Eyewitness?
18.?A "Just So" Story
19.?The Myth of Strachey's In?uence
Postscript: Something Rich and Strange
Appendices
A.?Table of David Kathman's Alleged Storm Scene In?uences
with Antecedent Passages in Shakespeare
B.?Plot and Theme Parallels Between Die Schoene Sidea and
The Tempest
C.?Comparison of Richard Martin's December 1610 Requests
for Information with Passages from True Reportory
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Foreword by William S. Niederkorn
Introduction
Timeline of Events Related to William Strachey's True Reportory
and the Bermuda Wreck of July 1609
Part I: A Movable Feast
1.?A First Draft of William Strachey's True Reportory
2.?"O Brave New World"
3.?Caliban's Island
4.?Amazing Storms
5.?A Spanish Maze
6.?Prospero's Labyrinth
7.?A Movable Feast
8.?Where in the World?
9.?An Elizabethan Tempest
Part II: What's Past Is Prologue
10.?A "Standard Thesis"
11.?B to the Rescue
12.?Who Made the Addendum?
13.?Shortcuts Make Long Delays
14.?William Strachey, Plagiarist
15.?A History of Error
16.?Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
17.?An Eyewitness?
18.?A "Just So" Story
19.?The Myth of Strachey's In?uence
Postscript: Something Rich and Strange
Appendices
A.?Table of David Kathman's Alleged Storm Scene In?uences
with Antecedent Passages in Shakespeare
B.?Plot and Theme Parallels Between Die Schoene Sidea and
The Tempest
C.?Comparison of Richard Martin's December 1610 Requests
for Information with Passages from True Reportory
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index