A midsummer night's dream / by William Shakespeare ; with a text by Leslie Jamison ; artwork by Marcel Dzama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Jamison, Leslie, 1983- contributor.

Dzama, Marcel, illustrator.

Series:

Seeing Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unrequited love--Drama.

Unrequited love.

Theseus, King of Athens--Drama.

Theseus.

Hippolyta (Greek mythological character)--Drama.

Hippolyta.

Athens (Greece)--Drama.

Athens (Greece).

Courtship--Drama.

Courtship.

Shakespeare, William 1564-1616.

English drama.

Fairy plays.

Genre:

Fantasy drama.

Drama

Physical Description:

141 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] ARTBOOK D A P, 2020.

New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2021]

Summary:

Set in an enchanted forest, Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is the ideal subject for artist Marcel Dzama, whose work frequently references dreams, fairy tales, and mythical worlds. Inspired by Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Shakespeare's celebrated romantic comedy intertwines multiple narratives under the influence of transformation and witchcraft. The play is often staged with actors wearing animal masks, an aspect that appeals particularly to Dzama, whose work is characterized by the fusion of human and animal, fantasy and reality. As the second title in David Zwirner Books's Seeing Shakespeare series, this book revisits this ultimate fairy tale through the eyes of a contemporary artist who feels a special affinity for its imagery.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781644230442

1644230445

OCLC:

1246537145

Publisher Number:

99994975357