A Midsummer Night S Dream Is Acclaimed As The Best Of The Early Comedies Of Shakespeare. It Brings Together The Elements Of Romance, Supernatural Forces And Earthy Common Sense In An Unprecedented Blend Of Magical Harmony. The Present Study Aims At Making The Text More Accessible To The Serious Student Of Shakespeare. Besides Providing The Socio-Political Milieu Of Shakespeare S Time, It Gives A Scene-Wise Critical Summary Of The Text. It Contains Numerous Citations From The Text, Thus Providing Ample Opportunity For The Reader To Familiarise Himself With The Text. The Analyses Of Different Elements Of Drama Are Accompanied With The Views Of Renowned Critics. Classical Theories Of Comedy As Well As Elizabethan Comments Have Been Lucidly And Briefly Explained. A Select Bibliography And Index Have Been Provided At The End. The Book Is Highly Readable, Self-Contained And Comprehensive. It Will Undoubtedly Prove An Invaluable Reference Book For Both Students And Teachers Of English Literature.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
K. Chesterton This Norton Critical Edition includes: • Shakespeare’s most popular comedy—with its unforgettable love triangles, woodland fairies, and magic—based on Grace Ioppolo’s conflated text (Q1 with F1 variants) and ...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best-loved of Shakespeare's plays, and certainly the one that children are likely to encounter first; its mixture of aristocrats, workers, and fairies meeting in a wood outside Athens has a magic of ...
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Class distinction is a largepart of everyday life and to be an aristocrat still means something. This is the setting for director Michael Hoffman's adaptation of Shakespeare's classic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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