Shakespeare, William,  1564-1616. <br/><br/>
A midsummer night's dream :  texts and contexts / 
William Shakespeare ; edited by Gail Kern Paster, Skiles Howard. 
 - Boston :  Basingstoke, Hampshire :  Bedford/St. Martin's ;  Macmillan,  c1952. 
 - xxii, 346 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
 - [Bedford Shakespeare series] .
 - Shakespeare, William,  1564-1616.  1997.  Bedford Books.  Works. .
<br/><br/> Series statement on jacket. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-337) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1. A midsummer night's dream / William Shakespeare, ed. David Bevington -- Pt. 2. Contextual readings -- ch. 1. Popular festivals and court celebrations -- The rites of May -- The ballad -- Court entertainments -- ch. 2. The making of men -- The ranks of men : William Harrison's Of Degrees of People -- The formation of the ruler : Plutarch's Life of Theseus -- The formation of the gentleman : Sir Thomas Elyot and Roger Ascham -- Working men -- The new man : Simon Forman's dreams -- ch. 3. Female attachments and family ties -- Amazons -- Gossips -- Nuns -- The virgin queen -- A poet and her patron -- Family ties -- ch. 4. Natural and supernatural -- Bad weather and dearth -- Metamorphosis and monstrosity -- Bestiality and monstrosity -- Monsters and prodigies -- Fairy belief. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312218222 (hardcover) 9780312218225 (hardcover) 0312166214 (pbk.) 9780312166212 (pbk.) 0333763963 (Macmillan) 9780333763964 (Macmillan) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98086158 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA0-32825 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.  Midsummer night's dream --Sources.<br/>Theseus, King of Athens --Drama.<br/>Hippolyta (Greek mythological character) --Drama.<br/>Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.  Midsummer night's dream --Sources.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Courtship--Drama.<br/>A midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Athens (Greece)--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fairy plays.<br/>Comedies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR 2827 .A2  / P47 1952