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Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream

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ISBN-10: 0140772618

ISBN-13: 9780140772616

Edition: 1992

Authors: Peter Hollindale

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Book details

List price: $6.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 8/4/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Introductory Note
Contexts
Sources and influences
The Shakespearean context
The Marriage Play
The courtly origins
Marital interludes
The fairy marriage
Form and content in the marriage play
Opposition, transformation, reconciliation
Courtship and wedding: the two-phase structure
The privileged audience
Multiform comedy and wedding entertainment
The Structure of the Play
The opening scene
The first three scenes: presentation of the character-groups
Circles and advances
Summary of structural patterns
Character and Language
Arias and duets
Theseus and Hippolyta
The lovers
Bottom and the mechanicals
The fairies
Puck
Imagery
The Worlds of Day and Night
Oppositions
Transformations
The Return to Athens
Further Reading