"Of Scamels and Such"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo340/
Author:
	Abrams, Rick.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Shakespeare Quarterly 75, no. 1 (2024): 26–43.
DOI:
	10.1093/sq/quae002
Annotation:
	Delineates how past editors have handled textual crux of "scamels" in Tempest. Proposes that Caliban's "scamels" is a misprinting of "sea owls." Suggests that Caliban's discussion of "sea owls" "opens paths of inquiry into the dramatist’s ecological conscience" and the play's themes of New World voyages.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Textual and Bibliographical Studies, The Tempest
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo340