{"product_id":"9781553801412","title":"Marvellous Repossessions: The Tempest, Globalization and the Waking Dream of Paradise","description":"\u003cbr\u003eNonfiction. Literary Criticism. For many years now theater directors have argued about how to present Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e. Originally, the play was seen as Prospero's use of magic to reclaim his European heritage against corrupt usurpers. More recently, the play has been produced as a protest against the ongoing colonialism in the new world. In his 2011 Garnett Sedgewick Lecture at the University of British Columbia, Professor Harris explores the play and its historical background to show how it is driven by a waking dream in which progress towards a glorious future shades into recovery of a lost past. Drawing on the logbook of Christopher Columbus in his voyage of discovery, Harris reminds us how Columbus believed that he was traveling to the East and that he had approached the original Garden of Eden. Moreover, the gold that was to be found in the supposed East would be used to create the prosperity of the West. In his examination of contemporary anti-colonialist productions of \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e, Harris shows how there remains a move backwards to an original paradise—in fact replicating the movement within \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e itself.","brand":"Ronsdale Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047623704816,"sku":"9781553801412","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781553801412_p0.jpg?v=1763753023","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781553801412","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}