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The Tempest

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Approaching Shakespeare
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That the character of Prospero is a Shakespearean self-portrait is a common reading of The Tempest: this tenth Approaching Shakespeare lecture asks whether that is a useful reading of the play.

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Approaching Shakespeare
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Emma Smith
Keywords
criticism
play
literature
theatre
language
shakespeare
english
#greatwriters
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 14/11/2011
Duration: 00:48:58

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