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A midsummer night's dream (Updated ed)

Part of the The new Cambridge Shakespeare series
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A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular comedy, and also a profound, archetypal play.

The Introduction describes the two main traditions in the stage history, one emphasising charm and innocence, the other stressing darker suggestions of violence and sexuality, and relates them to similar traditions in critical interpretation, showing that both are necessary to a full understanding of the play.

For this updated edition the editor has added a new section to the Introduction which takes account of the number of important professional theatre productions and the large output of scholarly criticism on the play which have appeared in recent years.

The Reading List has also been revised and augmented.

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Cambridge University Press
0521532477 / 9780521532471
Paperback / softback
822.33
28/04/2003
United Kingdom
English
xii, 156 p. : ill.
23 cm
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Quiz No: 200693, Points 3.00, Book Level 10.90,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Previous ed.: 1984.