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Author Siler, Dennis J. (Dennis James)

Title The influence of the Roman poet Ovid on Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream : intertextual parallels and meta-Ovidian tendencies / Dennis James Siler ; with a foreword by Gerald Stacy.

Publication Info. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [©2010?]

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Description 1 online resource (iv, 152 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-140) and index.
Contents Translations and conflations in Midsummer night's dream -- Ovidian and meta-Ovidian -- Meta-Ovidianism within period staging practices.
Summary This study explains that Shakespeare's use of Ovidian text as source material produces an intrinsic theme when viewed through the scope of a writer whose primary aim was to provide his audience with a ""uniquely English"" dramatic product.
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Literature.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Literature.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Influence.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, William)
English literature -- Classical influences.
English literature -- Classical influences.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Literature.
Other Form: Print version: Siler, Dennis J. (Dennis James). Influence of the Roman poet Ovid on Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [©2010?] 9780773436107 (DLC) 2010036384 (OCoLC)659762784
ISBN 9780773418554 (electronic book)
0773418555 (electronic book)
9780773436107
0773436103