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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      February 2011
      April 2003
      ISBN:
      9780511817632
      9780521825405
      9780521532471
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511817632
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.396kg, 168 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.28kg, 168 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Literary Texts
      Series:
      The New Cambridge Shakespeare
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Literary Texts
    Series:
    The New Cambridge Shakespeare
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    Book description

    The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream retains R. A. Foakes' text and has been extensively updated by him. In the Introduction to what is widely acknowledged as Shakespeare's most popular comedy, Foakes describes the two main traditions in the play's stage history, one emphasising charm and innocence, the other stressing darker suggestions of violence and sexuality. He shows that both are necessary to a full understanding of the play. For this edition the editor has added a new account of important theatrical productions and scholarly criticism on the play that have appeared in recent years. The reading list has also been revised and updated.

    Reviews

    ‘… a fine example of judicious editorial writing. Foakes guides the reader securely and fluently through the critical and scholarly disputes that have accumulated around the play. He manages to be informative without being patronizing, and detached with out failing to offer opinions.’

    Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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