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A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare ; [edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine ; illustrated with material in the Folger Library collection].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2827.A2 M69 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Series:
- New Folger Library Shakespeare
- The new Folger Library Shakespeare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Man-woman relationships.
- Greece--Athens.
- Man-woman relationships--Greece--Athens--Drama.
- Genre:
- Fairy plays.
- Comedies.
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- lii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Washington Square Press/Pocket Books, 1999.
- Summary:
- The New Folger Library edition features a brief clarification of Shakespeare's comedy, with scene-by-scene plot summaries and explanatory notes illuminating obscure and obsolete expressions. Illustrations.
- Contents:
- Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream xiii
- Reading Shakespeare's Language xiv
- Shakespeare's Life xxviii
- Shakespeare's Theater xxxvi
- The Publication of Shakespeare's Plays xliv
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Text of the Play with Commentary 1
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Modern Perspective / Catherine Belsey 181
- Key to Famous Lines and Phrases 203.
- Notes:
- "Originally published as a mass market paperback in 1993 by Washington Square Press. First Washington Square Press trade paperback printing November 1999"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202).
- ISBN:
- 0671042904
- OCLC:
- 42879458
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