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The Sea and the Mirror

A Commentary on Shakespeare's The Tempest

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Engelsk
W.H. Auden: Critical Editions
The Sea and the Mirror
The Sea and the Mirror
  • Forfatter: W. H. Auden
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 152
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: W.H. Auden: Critical Editions
  • EAN: 9780691123844
  • Utgivelsesår: 2005
  • Bidragsyter: Auden, W. H.
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Written in the midst of World War II after its author emigrated to America, "The Sea and the Mirror" is not merely a great poem but ranks as one of the most profound interpretations of Shakespeare''s final play in the twentieth century. As W. H. Auden told friends, it is "really about the Christian conception of art" and it is "my Ars Poetica, in the same way I believe The Tempest to be Shakespeare''s." This is the first critical edition. Arthur Kirsch''s introduction and notes make the poem newly accessible to readers of Auden, readers of Shakespeare, and all those interested in the relation of life and literature--those two classic themes alluded to in its title.

The poem begins in a theater after a performance of The Tempest has ended. It includes a moving speech in verse by Prospero bidding farewell to Ariel, a section in which the supporting characters speak in a dazzling variety of verse forms about their experiences on the island, and an extravagantly inv