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A Midsummer Night's Dream

2nd Edition

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Part of The New Cambridge Shakespeare

  • Date Published: May 2003
  • availability: In stock
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521532471

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  • The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream retains R. A. Foakes' text and has been extensively updated by him. In the Introduction to what is widely acknowledged as Shakespeare's most popular comedy, Foakes describes the two main traditions in the play's stage history, one emphasising charm and innocence, the other stressing darker suggestions of violence and sexuality. He shows that both are necessary to a full understanding of the play. For this edition the editor has added a new account of important theatrical productions and scholarly criticism on the play that have appeared in recent years. The reading list has also been revised and updated.

    • Updated edition of a text which has been highly popular in the series since 1984
    • Substantial additional section to the Introduction
    • Two new production photographs and a revised Reading List
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    Reviews & endorsements

    '… a fine example of judicious editorial writing. Foakes guides the reader securely and fluently through the critical and scholarly disputes that have accumulated around the play. He manages to be informative without being patronizing, and detached with out failing to offer opinions.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

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    Product details

    • Edition: 2nd Edition
    • Date Published: May 2003
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521532471
    • length: 168 pages
    • dimensions: 228 x 153 x 13 mm
    • weight: 0.28kg
    • contains: 14 b/w illus.
    • availability: In stock
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction, with new section on recent stage and critical interpretations
    Note on the text
    List of characters
    The play
    Textual analysis
    Appendix: A further note on sources
    Reading list.

  • Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses

    • Drama and Philosophy
    • The English Renaissance
  • Author

    William Shakespeare

    Editor

    R. A. Foakes, University of California, Los Angeles

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