The Shakespearian Tempest. By G. Wilson Knight. (Methuen. 21s.)
THE reprint of this, the fourth of Wilson Knight's Shakespearian volumes, is most welcome. It is prefaced by an introductory note, which deals with certain points of scholarship that have arisen since the book's original issue, twenty years ago. But also new is a double-page diagram, purporting to set out the relationships of Shakespeare's concepts, one to another, which might shake the confidence of the ,unprepared reader. When, however, the same scheme is set out in an argument, illustrated by passages from the plays and poems, one is left as impressed by the sweep of Mr. Wilson Knight's vision, as surprised at the' way- wardness of many of his judgments. But one's greatest surprise of all, perhaps, is that his pioneer work still seems so fresh.
J. M. C.
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