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03265aam a2200433 i 4500 001 D1041F7800A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170304010220 008 161108t20162016enka b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016032889 020 $a 178308555X 020 $a 9781783085552 035 $a (OCoLC)962359877 040 $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d YDX $d OCLCF $d STF $d DLC $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR2827 L56 2016 100 1 $a Linley, Keith, $e author. 245 12 $a A midsummer night's dream in context : $b magic, madness and mayhem / $c Keith Linley. 264 1 $a London, UK ; $b Anthem Press, $c 2016. 300 $a vi, 295 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Anthem perspectives in literature 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index. 505 8 $a Introduction -- The Inherited -- The Historical Context -- The Elizabethan World Order : From Divinity To Dust -- Sin, Death and the Prince of Darkness -- The Seven Cardinal Virtues -- Kingship -- Patriarchy, Family Authority and Gender relationships -- Man in His Place -- Images of Disorder : The Religious Context -- The Elizabethan Present -- The Context of Comedy -- Theseus and the Setting -- Puck's Permutations : The Context of Love -- 'Sweet Moon' : The woods and the Context of Magic -- Literary Context -- Playing Parts -- Transgressions and Translations. 520 $a "Everything you need to know about the cultural contexts of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Is this just a light-hearted romp or is Shakespeare trying to make serious points about courtship, love, marriage and human folly? This book provides detailed in-depth discussion of the various influences that an Elizabethan audience would have brought to interpreting the play. How did people think about the world, about God, about sin, about kings, about civilized conduct, about the magic and madness of love and attraction? Historical, literary, political, sociological backgrounds are explained within the biblical-moral matrices by which the play would have been judged. This book links real life in the late 1590s to the world on the stage. Discover the orthodox beliefs people held about religion. Meet the Devil, Sin and Death. Learn about the social hierarchy, gender relationships court corruption, class tensions, the literary profile of the time, attitudes to comedy -- and all the subversions, transgressions, and oppositions that made the play a hilarious farce but also an unsettling picture of a world so close to disaster" -- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616. $t Midsummer night's dream. 650 0 $a Literature and society $z England $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Ethics in literature. 650 0 $a Social classes in literature. 650 0 $a Social role in literature. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships in literature. 650 0 $a Love in literature. 650 0 $a Social values in literature. 830 0 $a Anthem perspectives in literature. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103021919.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171223051847.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D1041F7800A911E7BE28DDD2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search