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A masquerade ball in a secluded abbey; a vendetta settled in the wine cellars of an Italian palazzo; a gloomy castle in a desolated landscape; the beating of a heart beneath the floorboards the plots & settings of Poe's dark mysterious tales continue to haunt the popular imagination This new selection introduces the greatest Gothic fiction from one of the most deranged & deliciously weird writers of the nineteenth century The tales are accompanied by the classic illustrations of Harry Clarke an artist fully alive to the deep darkness at the heart of Poe's writing ...

' Presently I heard a slight groan & I knew it was a groan of mortal terror the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul' Stories about murder mystery & madness portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Poe's works available in Penguin Classics are The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher & Other Writings The Masque of the Red Death The Murders in the Rue Morgue & Other Tales The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket The Pit & the Pendulum The Portable Edgar Allan Poe & The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe ...

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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics We are such stuff As dreams are made on; & our little life Is rounded with a sleep' Magical & dreamlike in its tone Shakespeare's The Tempest begins with a storm of epic proportions & a shipwreck Banished from Italy Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter Using his magic he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother but in doing so Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing men' from monsters' & the realities of justice ...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Tempest on the left-hand page side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary ...

Edited introduced & annotated by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal The Tempest is the most lyrical profound & fascinating of Shakespeare's late comedies Prospero long exiled from Italy with his daughter Miranda seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his former enemies Eventually having proved merciful he divests himself of that magic his art' & prepares to return to the mainland The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's farewell to the stage' before his retirement In the past critics emphasised the romantically beautiful features of The Tempest seeing it as an imaginative fantasia In recent decades however The Tempest has also been treated as a potently political drama which offers controversial insights into colonialism & racism Frequently staged & diversely filmed the play has influenced numerous poets & novelists ...

Unrivalled design that is enticing & clear for all students including low-attainers Dramatic photography from a range of productions to stimulate discussion Targeted support that helps pupils to understand the play & its language Interpretation-based questions & activities that encourage students to explore the plays in performance Durable & hardwearing books that last for years ...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship & emphasis on performance The series features line-by-line commentaries & textual notes on the plays & poems Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical stage & screen interpretations For this second edition of The Tempest David Lindley has thoroughly revised the Introduction to take account of the latest developments in criticism & performance He has also added a completely new section on casting in recent productions of the play The complex questions this new section raises about colonisation racial & gender stereotypes & the nature of theatrical experience are explored throughout the introduction Careful attention is paid to dramatic form stagecraft & the use of music & spectacle in The Tempest a play that is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's most elusive & suggestive A revised & updated reading list completes the edition ...

An enhanced larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays extensively rewritten expanded & produced in an attractive new design An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible & creative ways Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language interest in character & sense of theatre Substantially revised & extended in full colour classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive ' Stagecraft' ' Write about it' ' Language in the play' ' Characters' & ' Themes' features Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ' The Tempest' & Shakespeare

Includes:: rich exciting colour photos of performances of ' The Tempest' from around the world

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