The Tempest in context
Subtitle: sin, repentance and forgiveness
By: Keith Linley
Series: Anthem Perspectives in Literature
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781783083756
Subjects: Literature and society; History
Description: This engaging book provides detailed in-depth discussion of the various influences that an audience in 1611 would have brought to interpreting {u2018}The Tempest{u2019}. How did people think about the world, about God, about sin, about kings, about civilized conduct? Learn about the social hierarchy, gender relationships, parenting and family dynamics, court corruption, class tensions, the concept of tragi-comedy {u2013} and all the subversions, transgressions, and oppositions that made the play an unsettling picture of a world attempting to come to terms with capitalism and colonialism while re-addressing the nature of rule. --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical context: an overview; title: The Elizabethan world order: from divinity to dust; title: Sin, death and the prince of darkness; title: The seven cardinal virtues; title: Kingship; title: Patriarchy, family authority and gender relationships; title: Man in his place; title: Images of disorder: the religious context; title: The context of education: nature versus nurture; title: The contemporary political context; title: Enchantment: the context of magic; title: The context of colonialism and cannibalism: theft or duty?; title: Literary context; title: Tender patriarch or tyrant? the limits of authority; title: The moral context: sins, virtues and transgressions.