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.
By:
William Shakespeare
Edited by:
Sukanta Chaudhuri
Imprint: Arden Shakespeare
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781408133491
ISBN 10: 1408133490
Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 27 July 2017
Recommended Age: From 7 to 9 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Illustrations General editors’ Preface Preface INTRODUCTION STAGE, SCREEN, ART The play in its time: staging and casting British productions: Restoration to nineteenth century British productions: the twentieth century and after Europe Beyond Europe Other media: cinema, music, art SOURCES AND ANALOGUES: FAIRIES AND MORTALS Fairies and fairy lore Ovid: the classics and the fairies Pyramus and Thisbe Theseus and Hippolyta: Plutarch, Chaucer and Shakespeare THEMES AND DESIGNS Pastoral: the forest Dreamers and Lovers Patriarchy Carnival, class, court Theatre, art and illusion The comedy of compromise LANGUAGE AND VERSE A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Appendix 1: Casting Chart Appendix 2:Date and Occasion Appendix 3: The Text Abbreviations and References Index
Sukanta Chaudhuri is an internationally renowned Bengali Indian scholar of English literature of the Renaissance period. He taught at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Reviews for A Midsummer Night's Dream
A genuinely new critical approach to the Shakespearean text. - SEL: Studies in English Literature: 1500-1900
