Pericles: The New Oxford Shakespeare (Oxford World's Classics)

'Born in a tempest when my mother died! This world to me is as a lasting storm.'Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a tale of adventure, fateful journeys, true love, and marvels.The play recycles a millennia-old story of a prince who sails around a mythic Mediterranean, starts a family, loses his wife and daughter, and is miraculously reunited with them years later.It packs in exciting incidents, from shipwreck to storms to murder, and a colourful cast of characters including knights, assassins, pirates, brothelkeepers, and the goddess of chastity.Written by Shakespeare and George Wilkins, Pericles capitalises on the seventeenth-century vogue for tragicomic romance and it proved to be a hit on the stage and in print.In the twenty-first century, Pericles has again surged in popularity.Inspiring novels by bestselling writers and theatrical adaptations around the globe, this ancient story is used to explore contemporary concerns such as displacement, the treatment of women, the abuse of authority