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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
| Auflage | 2017 |
| Seiten | 400 |
| Format | 12,7 x 19,8 x 1,8 cm |
| Gewicht | 418 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | The Arden Shakespeare Third Series |
| ISBN-10 | 1408133490 |
| EAN | 9781408133491 |
| Bestell-Nr | 40813349UA |
A major new edition of Shakespeare's much studied and performed comedy by leading scholar Sukanta Chaudhuri.
Klappentext:
The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play. The editor brings fresh perspectives on global productions and adaptations of this most-loved of Shakespeare's comedies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
List of IllustrationsGeneral editors' PrefacePrefaceINTRODUCTIONSTAGE, SCREEN, ARTThe play in its time: staging and castingBritish productions: Restoration to nineteenth centuryBritish productions: the twentieth century and afterEuropeBeyond EuropeOther media: cinema, music, art SOURCES AND ANALOGUES: FAIRIES AND MORTALSFairies and fairy lore Ovid: the classics and the fairiesPyramus and ThisbeTheseus and Hippolyta: Plutarch, Chaucer and ShakespeareTHEMES AND DESIGNSPastoral: the forestDreamers and LoversPatriarchyCarnival, class, courtTheatre, art and illusionThe comedy of compromise LANGUAGE AND VERSE A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMAppendix 1: Casting ChartAppendix 2:Date and OccasionAppendix 3: The TextAbbreviations and ReferencesIndex