Bottom, Thou Art Translated: Political Allegory in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Related Literature

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Rodopi, 1973 - 255 страници

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Political Allegory in the Age of Elizabeth
3
The Importance of Succession to the
31
The Duke of Alençon and Edmund
51
Devices Similar to Those in A Midsummer
75
The Allegorical Roles of Alençon and
131
The Succession to the Throne 15941595
167
The Prototypes of Bottom and His Crew
189
The Actors in the Original Roles of A
209
Bibliography
225
Index
233

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Страница 118 - If we shadows have offended. Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend...
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