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’A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Context

’A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Context

’A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Context

Keith Linley

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Wimbledon Publishing
Año de edición:
2016
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Literatura: historia y crítica
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9781783085552
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How might Shakespeare’s audiences have responded to this enduringly popular comedy? This guide to the various contexts that situate ’A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in its time, explains the Christian ethics, the contemporary socio-political scene, the literary atmosphere and requirements of comedy that inform the background of this mad play.

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