A Midsummer Night's Dream
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition, Volume 7

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition, Volume 7

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This study traces the response to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from Shakespeare's day to the present, including critics from Britain, Europe and America.

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Information

Publisher
The Athlone Press
Year
1999
Print ISBN
9780485810035
eBook ISBN
9781847141750
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Shakespeare Drama
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
  3. PREFACE
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. 1 Moral conventions and human sympathy, 1775
  6. 2 Artists’ interpretations of dramatic effects, 1787
  7. 3 Commentary on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1790
  8. 4 Bottom as coxcomb, 1792
  9. 5 Response to Malone, 1793
  10. 6 Illustrations of some passages, 1794
  11. 7 His fertile and creative fancy, 1800
  12. 8 On metre, invention, and a unified whole, 1815
  13. 9 Unity of feeling and of imagery, and the fairies, 1817
  14. 10 Bottom, Puck, and the incompatibility of poetry and the stage, 1817
  15. 11 Malone’s last words, 1821
  16. 12 Mainly on the fairies, 1824
  17. 13 The fairy world, the clowns, the poetry, 1828
  18. 14 New actors on the mimic scene–the fairies, 1828
  19. 15 Marginalia and other notes, 1836
  20. 16 Bottom the lucky man, 1837
  21. 17 Critics refuted, 1838
  22. 18 Originality in structure, machinery, and language, 1839
  23. 19 The Pictorial Edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1839
  24. 20 The poet’s dream, 1840
  25. 21 Anachronisms, Nick Bottom as Midas, and stage representation, 1841
  26. 22 Oberon’s Vision allegorized, 1843
  27. 23 Fairy drama and human nature, 1843
  28. 24 Poet of the Fairies, 1844
  29. 25 A comment, with some explanatory notes, 1845
  30. 26 The theme of self-parody, 1846
  31. 27 Introductory remarks, 1847
  32. 28 The sister arts, and the play’s structural balance, 1848
  33. 29 A festival of dainties, 1851
  34. 30 The Dream and Art, 1851, 1872, 1883, 1884
  35. 31 A most charming entertainment of the stage, 1853
  36. 32 Samuel Phelps's Bottom, 1853
  37. 33 Dramatic and poetic art, 1854
  38. 34 Dialogue with a sceptic, 1854
  39. 35 Critical remarks on the play, 1856
  40. 36 Celtic elements, 1859
  41. 37 Genre and inner purpose, 1863
  42. 38 Intuitive power of characterization, 1863
  43. 39 The play’s limitations, 1864
  44. 40 The sacred mysteries in the play, 1865
  45. 41 The secret meaning of the Interlude, 1865
  46. 42 The perfection of imbecilic clowns, 1866
  47. 43 Not critics, but lowly worshippers of the Beautiful, 1869
  48. 44 The theme is love, 1871
  49. 45 Bottom – an ass, but no fool, 1873
  50. 46 A Midsummer Night’s Dream as masque, 1874
  51. 47 Self-reflexive structure: the Real, the Ideal, and the Representation, 1874
  52. 48 Shakespeare differentiated from Bacon, 1875
  53. 49 Theseus as the central figure, 1875
  54. 50 A comedy of incident, 1875
  55. 51 Consummation of Shakespeare’s lyrical genius, 1876
  56. 52 Bottom, a self-made man, 1876
  57. 53 The full glow of fancy and fun, 1877
  58. 54 The wood is the world, 1879
  59. 55 Titania and Ovid, 1880
  60. 56 A Platonic reading, 1884
  61. 57 Interpreting the spoken verse, 1885
  62. 58 Observations on the lovers and the mechanicals, 1886
  63. 59 Poet rather than dramatist, 1888
  64. 60 Source of the play’s popularity, 1888
  65. 61 Classical and modern, 1890
  66. 62 Reason and desire in Oberon and Titania, 1890
  67. 63 The development of morality and art, 1891
  68. 64 A true work of art, 1894
  69. 65 The duration of the action, 1895
  70. 66 Life and art, 1895
  71. 67 Daly and the idea of titivation, 1895
  72. 68 Remarks on the play and modern education, 1895
  73. 69 Theseus, Bottom, and the Interlude, 1896
  74. 70 The central idea, 1897
  75. 71 The airy dream, 1898
  76. 72 Illusion, realism, and imagination, 1900
  77. 73 Dream visions, 1903
  78. 74 A comedy of situation and enchantment, 1903
  79. 75 Shakespeare’s working classes, 1903
  80. 76 The atmosphere of the play, 1904
  81. 77 Love, dreamland, and Helena, 1905
  82. 78 The theme of illusion, 1907
  83. 79 The nature and sources of the play, 1908
  84. 80 The most beautiful work of man, 1909
  85. 81 Shakespeare's conception of his art, 1911
  86. 82 Screeds of word-music, 1914
  87. 83 Three types of fairies: Puck, Oberon and Titania, 1916
  88. 84 The dream’s validity, 1917
  89. 85 Comedy of love, 1920
  90. NOTES
  91. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  92. INDEX