The Tempest

Unique Features Of The Signet Classic Shakespeare The Tempest

Special Introduction to the play by the editor, Robert Langbaum, University of Virginia General discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, 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 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, E. M.W.Tillyard, Reuben A. Brower, Bernard Knox, David William Text and com- mentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type Name of each speaker given in full Detailed footnotes at the bottom of each page of the play keyed to the numbered lines of the text Textual note Extensive bibliography --back cover