Keith Linley

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in Context

Magic, Madness and Mayhem

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How might Shakespeare's audiences have responded to this enduringly popular comedy? This guide to the various contexts that situate 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in its time, explains the Christian ethics, the contemporary socio-political scene, the literary atmosphere and requirements of comedy that inform the background of this mad play.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9781783085552
• ISBN-10: 178308555X
• Artikelnr.: 45605075

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Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
About this book - What is a context?
Part I. The Inherited Past
Prologue: The setting
i. The Historical Context
ii . The Elizabethan World Order: From Divinity To Dust
iii. Sin, Death and the Prince of Darkness
iv. The Seven Cardinal Virtues
v. Kingship
vi. Patriarchy, Family Authority and Gender relationships
vii. Man in His Place
viii. Images of Disorder: The Religious Context Unsettling Questions
Part II. The Elizabethan Present
ix. The Context of Comedy
x. Theseus and the Setting
xi. Puck's Permutations: The Context of Love
xii. 'Sweet Moon': The Context of Magic
xiii. Literary Context
xiv. Playing Parts
xv. Transgressions and Translations
Bibliography