{"product_id":"prosperos-powers-john-omeara-9780595410002","title":"Prospero's Powers: A Short View of Shakespeare's Last Phase","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the third part of his trilogy on Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eProspero's Powers\u003c\/i\u003e extends the study of the late plays O'Meara offered in \u003ci\u003eOthello's Sacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e, to consider more closely how Shakespeare fulfills his personal artistic development in \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe play is seen as expressing in its structure the whole of Shakespeare's tragic development up to that time. Great powers of self-knowledge and of inner knowledge of the cosmos are shown to have emerged from this development, which Prospero now embodies. Structural links are pursued that further connect Prospero's powers with the mysterious process of selfgrowth that is dramatized in \u003ci\u003eThe Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBehind both works, and the Renaissance alchemical tradition they mediate, lies the mystery of the sacrificial death of the Sophia into human consciousness that was taking place at that time. From the event of this death come the great possibilities of self-development and inner power over the world that Shakespeare boldly prophesizes in the play that brings his artistic career to consummation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"an excellent and profound study\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-Richard Ramsbotham, \u003ci\u003eWho Wrote Bacon?: William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon and James I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John O'Meara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595410006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595410002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d","brand":"John O'Meara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435555893503,"sku":"9780595410002","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1d87ddb-9db9-4c8b-89d0-ee842c752445.jpg?v=1777151162","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prosperos-powers-john-omeara-9780595410002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}