书名：The Tempest William Shakespeare Simon & Schuster暴风雨-莎士比亚
作者：William Shakespeare
出版社名称：Simon & Schuster
出版时间：2004

语种：英语
ISBN：9780743482837
商品尺寸：10.6 x 2.3 x 17.1 cm
包装：平装
页数：272（以实物为准）

The authoritative edition of The Tempest from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for both students and general readers.

Putting romance onstage, The Tempest gives us a magician, Prospero, a former duke of Milan who was displaced by his treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero is exiled on an island, where his only companions are his daughter, Miranda, the spirit Ariel, and the monster Caliban. When his enemies are among those caught in a storm near the island, Prospero turns his power upon them through Ariel and other spirits.

The characters exceed the roles of villains and heroes. Prospero seems heroic, yet he enslaves Caliban and has an appetite for revenge. Caliban seems to be a monster for attacking Miranda, but appears heroic in resisting Prospero, evoking the period of colonialism during which the play was written. Miranda’s engagement to Ferdinand, the Prince of Naples and a member of the shipwrecked party, helps resolve the drama.

This edition includes:

-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

-Scene-by-scene plot summaries

-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases

-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language

-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books

-An annotated guide to further reading

威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare，1564－1616），英国文学史上杰出的戏剧家和诗人，欧洲文艺复兴时期重要的作家。他流传下来的作品包括38部戏剧、155首十四行诗、两首长叙事诗和其他诗歌。由于莎士比亚在戏剧方面的巨大成就，被喻为“人类文学奥林匹克山上的宙斯”，影响了包括狄更斯、歌德、巴尔扎克等一代又一代的文学家，并同古希腊三大悲剧家埃斯库罗斯（Aeschylus）、索福克勒斯（Sophocles）及欧里庇得斯（Euripides）合称戏剧史上的四大悲剧家。

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare’s vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.