The Tempest Author:William Shakespeare Special introduction to the play by the editor, Robert Langbaum, University of Virginia; General discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, and the theater by the general editor, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. Substantial note on the sources of THE TEMPEST with extracts from them; Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by Sam... more »uel Taylor Coleridge, E.M.W. Tillyard, Reuben A. Brower, Bernard Knox, David William; Text and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type; Name of each speaker given in full; Detailed footnotes« less
The Folger Libray edition is very useful for students who are unfamiliar with Elizabethan language, customs, and other oddities.Students find the edition easy to use and helpful.
do you really need a review of what is one of Shakespeare's most haunting works, the only one for which a source has never been found, with the amazing "Deeper than ever plummet sounded, I drown my book" speech. A work of the greatest English playwright's maturity, reflexive on the act of creation.