Bibliograph

A midsummer night's dream, William Shakespeare ; edited by Wolfgang Clemen, with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography

Type

Label

A midsummer night's dream, William Shakespeare ; edited by Wolfgang Clemen, with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 149-162

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

dramas

Main title

A midsummer night's dream

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38969888

Responsibility statement

William Shakespeare ; edited by Wolfgang Clemen, with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography

Series statement

Signet classic; CE2696

Summary

Critical and historical notes accompany this comedy of fairies, star-crossed lovers, and workmen trying to put on a wedding celebration play

Table Of Contents

Commentaries. From The characters of Shakespear's plays / William Hazlitt -- "Romeo and Juliet" and "A midsummer night's dream" : tragedy and comedy / Henry Alonzo Myers -- From Shakespeare and his comedies / John Russell Brown -- A midsummer night's dream / Frank Kermode -- The status of the feminine in Shakespearean comedy / Linda Bamber -- From Shakespeare's comic commonwealths / Camille Wells Slights -- A midsummer night's dream on stage and screen / Sylvan Barnet

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