A midsummer night's dream in context : magic, madness and mayhem /: magic, madness and mayhem. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keith Linley.
• Authors: Linley, Keith
• Contents: Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Introduction; About this book; What is a Context?; Further Reading; Useful Editions; Critical Works; Articles; PART€I The Inherited€Past; Prologue; The Setting; Chapter (1-8); Chapter 1 The Historical Context; 1.1 The Elizabethan Context:€An Overview; Chapter 2 The Elizabethan World Order: From Divinity to Dust; 2.1 Cosmology; 2.2 The Great Chain of€Being; 2.3 Human Hierarchy; 2.4 The Social Pyramid of€Power; 2.5 The Better€Sort; 2.6 The Middling€Sort; 2.7 The Lower€Orders; 2.8 The Theory of the Humours. 2.9 The Rest of Creation2.10 Order; Chapter 3 Sin, Death and The Prince of Darkness; 3.1 Sin and€Death; Chapter 4 The Seven Cardinal Virtues; Chapter 5 Kingship; 5.1 Preparation for€Rule; 5.2 A King's View of His€Office; 5.3 Theseus and Queen Elizabeth; Chapter 6 Patriarchy, Family Authority and Gender Relationships; 6.1 Patriarchy and a Woman's€Place; 6.2 Renaissance Improvements; Chapter 7 Man in his Place; Chapter 8 Images of Disorder: The Religious Context; 8.1 Unsettling Questions; PART€II The Elizabethan Present; Chapter (9-15); Chapter 9 The Context of Comedy. Chapter 10 Theseus and The SettingChapter 11 Puck's Permutations: The Context of Love; Chapter 12 'Sweet Moon': The Woods and The Context of Magic; 12.1 Moonlight and Madness; 12.2 The Ambiguous Status of€Magic; 12.3 John€Dee; Chapter€13 LITERARY CONTEXT; 13.1 Genre; 13.2 The Text€Alone; 13.3 A Midsummer Night's Dream in Shakespeare's€Oeuvre; 13.4 The Literature of the€Time; 13.5 Sources; 13.6 Some Critical Reactions; Chapter 14 Playing Parts; Chapter 15 Transgressions and Translations; End Matter; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London, UK New York, NY, USA : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 295 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 822.33; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century; Ethics in literature; Social classes in literature; Social role in literature; Man-woman relationships in literature; Love in literature; Social values in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; Ethics in literature; Literature and society; Love in literature; Man-woman relationships in literature; Social classes in literature; Social role in literature; Social values in literature; England; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783085569; 1783085568
• Related ISBNs: 178308555X; 1783085576; 9781783085552
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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