A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition, Volume 7Judith M. Kennedy, Richard F. Kennedy This study traces the response to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from Shakespeare's day to the present, including critics from Britain, Europe and America. |
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Page 149
... called a dream of Midsummer Night in particular . Midsummer night was of old in England a time of bon - fires and rejoicings , and in London of processions and pageantries . But there is no allusion to anything of this kind in the play ...
... called a dream of Midsummer Night in particular . Midsummer night was of old in England a time of bon - fires and rejoicings , and in London of processions and pageantries . But there is no allusion to anything of this kind in the play ...
Page 312
... called the ' mere technic ' of the artist merges into and becomes wholly indistinguishable from his morality . [ Knowledge of Pure Beauty prevents him from ugly acts , whether moral or artistic . Moreover , ] the power of grasping the ...
... called the ' mere technic ' of the artist merges into and becomes wholly indistinguishable from his morality . [ Knowledge of Pure Beauty prevents him from ugly acts , whether moral or artistic . Moreover , ] the power of grasping the ...
Page 396
... called Diana , and her wandering court , and amongst us called the Phairie ' [ Dæmonologie ( 1597 ) , Book III , chapter V ] . The Fairy - queen was therefore the same as Diana , whom Ovid frequently styles Titania . [ Keightley gives ...
... called Diana , and her wandering court , and amongst us called the Phairie ' [ Dæmonologie ( 1597 ) , Book III , chapter V ] . The Fairy - queen was therefore the same as Diana , whom Ovid frequently styles Titania . [ Keightley gives ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ELIZABETH GRIFFITH moral conventions and human sympathy 1775 | 59 |
SAMUEL FELTON artists interpretations of dramatic effects 1787 | 63 |
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