Author: F. R. GoodyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Once upon a Time: or, a Midsummer Night's Dream in Merrie Sherwood. A fairy extravaganza, etc
Author: F. R. GoodyerClass List of the Books in the Reference Library
Author: Nottingham (England). Free Public Reference LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Robin Hood
Author: Stephen KnightPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801438851
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In this engaging and deeply informed book, Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. Illustrations.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: Charles LambPublisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780851663333
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A retelling of the play in which fairy creatures meddle with varying results in the lives of human creatures wandering in their woods.
The fairy mythology in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Author: Melitta TöllerPublisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3638023478
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Paderborn (Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften), course: Shakespeare: The Comedies, language: English, abstract: "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" is Shakespeare’s most enchanting comedy and one of his most popular plays. It is very lyrical and poetic, filled with magical beings from mythological worlds and the power of true love. Shakespeare’s age was the great time of fairy poetry in English literature, but no other work has influenced our visions of fairies as much as "A Midsummer Night’s Dream". Till today the idea of fairies, as we have them in our mind, is shaped by Shakespeare’s delighting comedy. The play can be interpreted as “a fantasia on love” , because love, it’s follies, absurdities, conflicts and even dangers draw a red line through the play: from the quarrel between the fairy king and queen, to the heroic love of Theseus for his war-conquered Amazon queen, to the love-chase of Hermia, Helena, Lysander and Demetrius, and to the enchanted experiences of Bot-tom. In nearly all of these love affairs the fairies have their (sometimes helping) hand engaged and they are thus very important agents in the main- and in the sub-plots. In this paper I will first take a survey of the historic belief in fairies in Shakespearian England, and then look at Shakespeare’s literary sources for the most important and most famous fairies who appear in this play, namely Oberon, Titania and Puck. Then I will show some parallels between the fairy queen Titania and Queen Elizabeth I, and afterwards I will analyze the quarrel between Oberon, king of fairies, and his wife. Finally I will give a comprehensive overview of the various ways of performing the play, both in theatre and in film.
A Midsummer-night's Dream
Author: William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: William ShakespearePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427070407
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595 or 1596) is a romantic comedy about love, dreams, and the creative imagination. Mostly set in the realm of Fairyland, the play's main plot concerns two couples, Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius, who flee into the woods. Hermia has refused to marry the man chosen by her father. In the woods, the King of the fairies recruits the mischievous Puck to change the couples' feelings for each other through magic.
The Sources and Analogues of "A Midsummer-night's Dream"
Author: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: Erik WilcockPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780435191009
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: A. M. ReynoldsPublisher: Raintree
ISBN: 1474745857
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The course of true love never did run smooth ... Demetrius loves Hermia, but Helena loves Demetrius. Hermia loves Lysander but has been promised to Demetrius. When the young people run away to the forest and the fairies also get involved, mix ups and confusion follow. Can it all be sorted out before morning?