A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
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ISBN: 9788130933917
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2016
Pages: 272
Size: 152 x 228 mm
Publisher: Facts On File Inc.
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s complexities are extraordinary. This ethereal fantasy involves four different levels of representation, which intermingle but never wholly fuse. This invaluable new study guide to one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays contains a selection of the best criticism through the centuries on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including commentaries by such an important writers as John Milton, Samuel Johnson, Wiliam Hazlit, G.K. Chesterton, C.L. Barber, and many others. Students will benefit from the abundant features included in this volume, such as an introduction by Harold Bloom, an accessible summary, analysis of key passages, and more.
Each volume in the Bloom’s Shakespeare Through the Ages series contains the finest criticism on a particular work from the Bard’s oeuvre, selected under the guidance of renowned Shakespearean scholar, Harold Bloom. Intended for students just beginning their exploration of Shakespeare, these invaluable study guides present the best of Shakespeare criticism, from the 17th century to today. In the process, each volume also charts the flow over time of critical discussion of a particular work.
This essential set is unique not only in the range of commentary it provides on each of Shakespeare’s greatest works, but also in its emphasis on the greatest critics in our literary tradition - including such critics as John Dryden in the 17th century, Samuel Johnson in the 18th century, William Hazlitt and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the 19th century, A.C. Bradley and William Empson in the 20th century, and many more. Some of the pieces included are full-length essays; others are excerpts designed to present a key point.
Target Audience:
Students and academics of English literature.
Contents:
Series Introduction • Introduction by Harold Bloom • Biography of William Shakespeare • Summary of A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Key Passages in A Midsummer Night’s Dream • List of Characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
CRITICISM THROUGH THE AGES
Sources of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Seventeenth Century
1633—John Milton, from “L’Allegro” • 1692—Samuel Pepys, from The Diary of Samuel Pepys • 1692—Anonymous (attributed to Elkanah Settle), from The Fairy Queen
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Eighteenth Century
1708—John Downes, from Roscius Anglicanus • 1765—Thomas ‘Percy, from Reliques of Ancient English Poetry • 1765—Samuel Johnson ‘’A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from Notes on Shakespeare’s Plays
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Nineteenth Century
1809—August Wilhelm von Schlegel, from A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature, tr John Black • 1817—William Hazlitt “The Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from Characters of Shakespear’s Plays • 1838—Thomas DeQyincey, from “Shakspeare” • 1845—G.G Gervinus “Midsummer-Nights Dream,” from Shakespeare Commentaries • 1872—Edward Dowden, from Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art • 1880—H.N Hudson “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from Shakespeare: His Lift, Art, and Characters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Twentieth Century
1904—Gilbert Keith Chesterton “A Midsummer Nights Dream,” from Chesterton on Shakespeare • 1939—Mark Van Doren ‘’A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from Shakespeare • 1951—Harold Goddard. “A Midsummer—Night’s Dream,” from The Meaning of Shakespeare • 1959—C.L Barber “May Games and Metamorphoses on a Midsummer Night,” from Shakespeare’s Festive Comedy: A Study of Dramatic Form and its Relation to Social Custom • 1974—Alexander Leggatt “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from Shakespeare’s Comedy of Love • 1980—Ruth Nevo “Fancy’s Images,”from Comic Transformations in Shakespeare • 1986—Northrop Frye “The Bottomless Dream,” from Northrop Frye on Shakespeare • 1987—Harold Bloom “Introduction,” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations) • 1998—David Wiles “The Carnivalesque in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from Shakespeare and Carnival After Bakbtin
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Twenty—first Century
2003—A.B Taylor. ” ‘When Everything Seems Double’: Peter Qpince, the Other Playwright in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” from Shakespeare Survey, vol 56
Bibliography • Acknowledgement • Index
About the Series Editor:
Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and the author of more than 30 books, including Shelley’s Mythmaking (1959), Blake’sApocalypse (1963), Yeats (1970), The Anxiety of Influence (1973), A Map of Misreading (1975), Kabbalah and Criticism (1975), Agon: Toward a Theory of Revisionism (1982), The American Religion (1992), The Western Canon (1994), Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998), How to Read and Why (2000), Hamlet: Poem Unlimited (2003), Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? (2004), and Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (2005). In 1999, Professor Bloom received the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Gold Medal for Criticism.
