Readings on A midsummer night's dream /

Readings on A midsummer night's dream / Midsummer night's dream Stephen P. Thompson, book editor. - San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, - 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - The Greenhaven Press literary companion to British literature . - Greenhaven Press literary companion to British literature. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170) and index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- William Shakespeare : a biography -- Characters and plot -- 1. Social and cultural contexts of A midsummer night's dream -- Play's festive spirit / Gail Kern Paster & Skiles Howard ; Actors and audiences / Alvin B. Kernan ; Fairy world / John Russell Brown ; Play's depiction of female power / Helen Hackett ; May games and metamorphoses / C.L. Barber ; Literary influences on A midsummer night's dream / R.A. Foakes -- 2. Plot of A midsummer night's dream -- Exposition of the plot in act one / Harold F. Brooks ; Dreams and the play's structure / Peter Holland ; Reflective plot structure / David P. Young ; Intellectual polarities / Peter Hollindale ; Ending of the play / Anne Barton -- 3. Themes of A midsummer night's dream -- Complexities of love / Catherine Belsey ; Lovers' transformation / Alexander Leggatt ; Dark side of love and marriage / David Bevington ; Play's affirmation of patriarchy / Shirley Nelson Garner ; Reason and imagination in the final act / Michael Mangan.

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