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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The New World Tempest Orthodoxy as Multicultural Pedagogy
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“Text” versus “Context” in Post-Second World War Criticism
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Subversive American Adams and Anarchic Utopists
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Post-Communist Topicalities
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'In this fascinating analysis of The Tempest, Brevik breaks new, critical ground by reading Caliban as a figure from Old World mythology and folklore and Ferdinand as expressive of New World masculinity. His intriguing contention that the setting for Shakespeare's politically subversive romance is utopian, meaning nowhere, and cannot be limited to a specific geographical locale widens the range of possible literary and cultural contexts Virgilian, European, African, and American from the early pioneers to today the language of this dramatic text evokes. He impressively negotiates the theoretical labyrinth surrounding Shakespeare's enigmatic island, resulting in a concise, but nuanced map of the dizzyingly varied, interpretative heritage of The Tempest and its pedagogical usefulness in culturally diverse and globally aware classrooms today.' - Jennifer C. Vaught, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
'Brevik offers a provocative and clarifying overview of the controversies that have made The Tempest one of Shakespeare's most hotly debated plays. In the process, Brevik both offers his own valuable contribution to the on-going debate and addresses important pedagogical questions about the strengths and limitations of presentist literary interpretations.' - Gerald Graff and James Phelan, editors, The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Tempest and New World-Utopian Politics
Authors: Frank W. Brevik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137021809
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Frank W. Brevik 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-02179-3Published: 06 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-43769-6Published: 06 August 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-02180-9Published: 17 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 192
Topics: Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Poetry and Poetics, British and Irish Literature, Political Theory, Literary History