The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamLexington Books, 2003 - 211 pagina's The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's most memorable comedies. Coupling careful attention to detail with interpretive breadth, The Soul of Athens examines the nature of love, the natural doubleness of human thinking and the ambiguous relation of image and reality, as well as patriarchy and democracy, and heroic and moral virtue. |
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... least two risks . It may seem to take the comedy more seriously than the comedy war- rants or its author intends , making the study's author at least as laughable as his subject and humorless to boot . And it may make unfunny the work ...
... least two risks . It may seem to take the comedy more seriously than the comedy war- rants or its author intends , making the study's author at least as laughable as his subject and humorless to boot . And it may make unfunny the work ...
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... least partly matches the players ' view of their art . The close connections between art and love , reason and passion , are cen- tral not only to Athens , but to the premodern conception of the human soul . Since early modernity ...
... least partly matches the players ' view of their art . The close connections between art and love , reason and passion , are cen- tral not only to Athens , but to the premodern conception of the human soul . Since early modernity ...
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... least indirectly responsible . 18 Whereas A Midsummer Night's Dream begins with a father invoking " the ancient privilege of Athens " ( 1.1.41 ) to marry his daughter to the man he wishes , it ends with the father absent from his ...
... least indirectly responsible . 18 Whereas A Midsummer Night's Dream begins with a father invoking " the ancient privilege of Athens " ( 1.1.41 ) to marry his daughter to the man he wishes , it ends with the father absent from his ...
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... least after Theseus deposes the ancestral gods , a holiday is not a holy day in Athens . Only fairies are now said to follow a god ( " [ W ] e fairies , that do run / By the triple Hecate's team " [ 5.1.369-70 ] ) . Shakespeare's ...
... least after Theseus deposes the ancestral gods , a holiday is not a holy day in Athens . Only fairies are now said to follow a god ( " [ W ] e fairies , that do run / By the triple Hecate's team " [ 5.1.369-70 ] ) . Shakespeare's ...
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... least somewhat slightly drawn . Shakespeare's deliberately slight characterization of all the young lovers may serve to heighten the puzzle and absurdity of love's choices by making the lovers exchangeable . But , along with the fairies ...
... least somewhat slightly drawn . Shakespeare's deliberately slight characterization of all the young lovers may serve to heighten the puzzle and absurdity of love's choices by making the lovers exchangeable . But , along with the fairies ...
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