Readings on A midsummer night's dream:
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2001
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| Physical Description: | 176 S. |
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| adam_text | THE GREENHAVEN PRESS TO BRITISH LITERATURE READINGS ON 4 ^ 1 STEPHEN
P. THOMPSON, BOOK EDITOR ! , , J J DAVID L. BENDER, PUBLISHER SI X ^ ^
BRUNO LEONE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR T : ^ BONNIE SZUMSKI, SERIES EDITOR
TEF,§! GREENHAVEN PRESS, INC., SAN DIEGO, CA CONTENTS FOREWORD 9
INTRODUCTION 11 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A BIOGRAPHY 13 CHARACTERS AND PLOT
24 CHAPTER 1: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM
1. THE PLAY S FESTIVE SPIRIT BY GAIL KERN PASTER AND SKILES HOWARD 30
THE ACTION OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM IS SHAPED BY TWO KINDS OF
FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS, THE HOLIDAY OF MIDSUMMER S EVE AND THE CEREMONY OF
A COURT MARRIAGE. SHAKESPEARE S USE OF HOLIDAY ALLUSIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PLAY EVOKES THE FESTIVE SPIRIT OF MIDSUMMER S EVE. 2. ACTORS AND
AUDIENCES BYALVIN B. KERNAN 35 THE RISE OF POPULAR THEATER IN ENGLAND IN
THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY FORGED A NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTORS AND
THEIR AUDIENCES, WHICH WERE COMPOSED OF ALL RANKS OF SOCIETY. THE
PLAY-WITHIN-A-PLAY IN THE LAST ACT OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM PROVIDES
A SUSTAINED MEDITATION ON THE NA- TURE AND POWER OF DRAMATIC ILLUSION.
3. THE FAIRY WORLD BY JOHN RUSSELL BROWN 44 FAIRIES PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE
IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM; THEY LEAD ASTRAY THE FOUR YOUNG LOVERS,
ARRANGE THE RENDEZVOUS BE- TWEEN BOTTOM AND TITANIA, BLESS THE PLAY S
MARRIAGES, AND CON- FIDE IN THE AUDIENCE AT PLAY S END. SHAKESPEARE
MANIPULATES THE SUBTLE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FAIRIES, DREAMS, AND
IMAGINATION. 4. THE PLAY S DEPICTION OF FEMALE POWER BY HELEN HACKETT 52
ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE 1590S IS REPLETE WITH ALLUSIONS TO AND IMAGES
OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, WHOSE PRESENCE IS ALSO PROMINENT IN PASSAGES OF A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM. THE PLAY S TREATMENT OF FEMALE RULERS IS
SOMEWHAT DEGRADING, THOUGH, WHICH MAY REFLECT ELIZABETHAN SOCIETY S
GROWING DISAFFECTION WITH FEMALE RULE. 5. MAY GAMES AND METAMORPHOSES BY
C.L. BARBER 63 THE MAY GAME SPIRIT REFLECTED IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S
DREAM HAD CONNOTATIONS OF BOTH CONFUSED AFFECTIONS AND SEXUAL
EXPERIMENTATION. THE FAIRIES OF THE PLAY SEEM TO EM- BODY THIS RATHER
VEXING EXPERIENCE OF EROS, OR PASSION- DOMINATED LOVE, THAT CONFUSES THE
YOUNG LOVERS. 6. LITERARY INFLUENCES ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM BY
R.A. FOAKES 70 THE WORD SOURCE IS INADEQUATE TO CONVEY THE RICH
TAPESTRY OF LITERARY INFLUENCES INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF A MIDSUM-
MER NIGHT S DREAM. SHAKESPEARE DERIVES PLOT STRANDS AND CHARACTERS FROM
SUCH DIVERSE SOURCES AS JOHN LYLY, OVID, CHAUCER, AND FRENCH ROMANCE.
CHAPTER 2: THE PLOT OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 1. THE EXPOSITION OF
THE PLOT IN ACT ONE BY HAROLD F. BROOKS 79 ACT ONE OF A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT S DREAM INTRODUCES EACH OF THE MAJOR CHARACTER GROUPS AND SUGGESTS
THEIR COMMON PLOT TRAJEC- TORY TOWARD THE WEDDING CEREMONY OF THESEUS
AND HIPPOLYTA. 2. DREAMS AND THE PLAY S STRUCTURE BY PETER HOLLAND 84
THERE ARE FEW OTHER TRANSFORMATIVE STATES AS COMMON AS SLEEP AND
DREAMING, AND SHAKESPEARE HAS PUT BOTH STATES AT THE CENTER OF HIS PLAY.
IN ONE SENSE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLAY IS SIMPLE AND SYMMETRICAL IN ITS
MOVEMENT FROM COURT TO WOODS AND BACK TO COURT. HOWEVER, BY MAKING THE
MOMENT THE LOVERS WAKE FROM SLEEP THE CLIMAX OF THE CENTRAL ACTION,
SHAKESPEARE IS ABLE TO PROVIDE A MOST UNEXPECTED AND DE- LIGHTFUL ENDING
TO THE PLAY. 3. A REFLECTIVE PLOT STRUCTURE BY DAVID P. YOUNG 91 THE TWO
WORLDS OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM ARE THE OR- DERLY, RATIONAL WORLD OF
THESEUS AND THE IRRATIONAL, IMAGI- NARY WORLD OF OBERON, AND THE MAIN
CHARACTERS MOVE FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND AND BACK AGAIN. IN A
FURTHER UNIFYING FEATURE OF THE PLAY S STRUCTURE, EACH GROUP OF
CHARACTERS SERVES AS A REFLECTION AND COMMENTARY ON THE SITUATION OF THE
OTHER CHARACTERS. 4. INTELLECTUAL POLARITIES BY PETER HOLLINDALE 99 A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM HAS A RATHER UNCONVENTIONAL PLOT, BUT IT
MAINTAINS A STRONG SENSE OF UNITY THROUGH PAR- ALLEL SETS OF CHARACTERS
AND THROUGH RECURRENT THEMATIC OR INTELLECTUAL POLARITIES. THOUGH THESE
POLES OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ARE OFTEN ANTAGONISTIC, THE PLAY
SUGGESTS THAT THEY ARE ALSO NECESSARY AND COMPLEMENTARY. 5. THE ENDING
OF THE PLAY BY ANNE BARTON 109 THE LAST ACT OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM
IS LARGELY EXTRANE- OUS TO THE PLOT SINCE ALL SETS OF THE LOVERS ARE
RECONCILED, AND THEIR FRUSTRATIONS RESOLVED, BY THE END OF ACT FOUR.
INSTEAD, THE FINAL ACT SERVES AS THEMATIC COMMENTARY ON THE COMPLEX
RELA- TIONSHIP BETWEEN DREAMS AND WAKING, BETWEEN ART AND LIFE. CHAPTER
3: THE THEMES OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM 1. THE COMPLEXITIES OF LOVE
BY CATHERINE BETSEY 115 IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM, SHAKESPEARE
APPROACHES THE SUBJECT OF LOVE, BUT HE DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO DEFINE IT IN
RATIONAL TERMS. RATHER, HE PRESENTS THE EXPERIENCE OF LOVE IN ALL ITS
COMPLEXITY, DRAMATIZING IT THROUGH A RANGE OF DISTINCT VOICES AND
EXPERIENCES. 2. THE LOVERS TRANSFORMATION BY ALEXANDER LEGGATT 124 ALL
THE LOVERS IN THE PLAY ARE SUBJECT TO THEIR OWN FOOLISH, LIMITED
PERSPECTIVE ON LOVE, SYMBOLIZED BY THE RIDICULOUS ENCOUNTER BETWEEN
BOTTOM AND TITANIA. BUT WHILE MANY OF THE PLAY S RELATIONSHIPS FALL INTO
DISCORD, THE LOVERS SUSTAIN AN INTEGRITY IN THEIR LOVE THAT LEADS IN THE
END TO HARMONY. 3. THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE BY DAVID BEVINGTON
133 THOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEXUAL LICENSE, VIOLENCE, AND CHAOS ARE
EVER PRESENT IN THE FOREST, THE RESTRAINED CONDUCT OF THE LOVERS AND THE
ULTIMATE BENEVOLENCE OF THE FAIRIES RESULT IN A POWERFUL MEASURE OF
COMIC REASSURANCE. 4. THE PLAY S AFFIRMATION OF PATRIARCHY BY SHIRLEY
NELSON GARNER 145 THOUGH A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM BEGINS IN RELATIVE
CHAOS *TITANIA AND OBERON ARE FEUDING, HERMIA AND HELENA CANNOT HAVE THE
MEN THEY LOVE*BY PLAY S END ALL BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS ARE MENDED AND
ORDER IS RESTORED. THE PRICE OF RESTORED ORDER, HOWEVER, IS PAID
PRIMARILY BY THE FEMALE CHARACTERS. 5. REASON AND IMAGINATION IN THE
FINAL ACT BY MICHAEL MANGAN 154 BECAUSE THESEUS IS RULER OF THE PLAY S
SOCIETY, SOME READERS HAVE ASSUMED THAT HIS OPINIONS IN ACT FIVE ARE
THOSE THE PLAY WANTS US TO EMBRACE. THESEUS S ENDORSEMENT OF REASON OVER
IMAGINATION, HOWEVER, IS UNDERCUT IN SEVERAL WAYS BY HIS LIM- ITED
PERSPECTIVE. CHRONOLOGY 163 FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 167 INDEX 171
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