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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> William Shakespeare. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1565106911 9781565106918 1565106903 9781565106901 0737703288 9780737703283 073770327X 9780737703276 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>925468  QBI 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00025736 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.  Midsummer night's dream. <br/>Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). A midsummer night's dream. <br/>Shakespeare, William. ((A)) midsummer night's dream. <br/>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.  Midsummer night's dream. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comedy.<br/>Comedy.<br/>Aufsatzsammlung<br/>Comedy--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Comedy.<br/>Comedies.<br/>Comedy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR2827  / .R43 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>822.3/3