'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in Context: Magic, Madness and Mayhem

Keith Linley

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in Context

Magic, Madness and Mayhem

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Keith Linley

Publisher:: Anthem Press
Online publication date:: June 2017
Print publication year:: 2016
Online ISBN:: 9781783085569

Subjects:: Literature, Literary Texts

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Everything you need to know about the cultural contexts of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Is this just a light-hearted romp or is Shakespeare trying to make serious points about courtship, love, marriage and human folly?

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Magic, Madness and Mayhem

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Introduction
pp 1-6

PART I - THE INHERITED PAST
pp 7-8

Prologue
pp 9-16

1 - The Historical Context
pp 17-24

2 - The Elizabethan World Order: From Divinity to Dust
pp 25-72

3 - Sin, Death and the Prince of Darkness
pp 73-96

4 - The Seven Cardinal Virtues
pp 97-104

5 - Kingship
pp 105-124

6 - Patriarchy, Family Authority and Gender Relationships
pp 125-158

7 - Man in His Place
pp 159-166

8 - Images of Disorder: The Religious Context
pp 167-172

PART II - THE ELIZABETHAN PRESENT
pp 173-174

9 - The Context of Comedy
pp 175-186

10 - Theseus and the Setting
pp 187-194

11 - Puck's Permutations: The Context of Love
pp 195-210

12 - ‘Sweet Moon’: The Woods and the Context of Magic
pp 211-238

13 - Literary Context
pp 239-262

14 - Playing Parts
pp 263-272

15 - Transgressions and Translations
pp 273-284

Bibliography
pp 285-290

Index
pp 291-296

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