A Midsummer Night's DreamSimon and Schuster, 2011. 8. 23. - 256페이지 In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus' Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or "puck," Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of "Pyramus and Thisbe." The authoritative edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is now available as an eBook. Features include: · The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference · Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language · Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books · An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play |
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Editors Preface | ix |
Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream | xiii |
Reading Shakespeares Language | xiv |
Shakespeares Life | xxviii |
Shakespeares Theater | xxxvi |
The Publication of Shakespeares Plays | xliv |
An Introduction to This Text | xlviii |
Text of the Play with Commentary | 1 |
ACT 2 Scene 2 | 53 |
ACT 3 Scene 1 | 69 |
ACT 3 Scene 2 | 83 |
ACT 4 Scene 1 | 121 |
ACT 4 Scene 2 | 137 |
ACT 5 Scene 1 | 143 |
Textual Notes | 175 |
A Modern Perspective | 181 |
ACT 1 Scene 1 | 7 |
ACT 1 Scene 2 | 25 |
ACT 2 Scene 1 | 35 |
Further Reading | 191 |
Key to Famous Lines and Phrases | 203 |
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