TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Stephen P.
TI  - Readings on A midsummer night's dream
T2  - The Greenhaven Press literary companion to British literature
SN  - 1565106911
AV  - PR2827 .R43 2001
U1  - 822.3/3 21
PY  - 0000///
CY  - San Diego, CA
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Shakespeare, William (1564-1616).
KW  - Shakespeare, William.
KW  - Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William)
KW  - fast
KW  - Comedy
KW  - Aufsatzsammlung
KW  - gnd
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - sears
KW  - Comedies
KW  - gsafd
N1  - 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
N2  - William Shakespeare
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ER  -