Monstrous Births and Imaginations: Authorship and Folklore in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

The amateur actors in A Midsummer Night's Dream are compared several times with the fairies who inhabit a forest outside of Athens. This article will investigate the significance of the analogy by exploring commonalities between discursive elements in folklore, physiology, and philosophy that r...

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Main Author: Walters, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Iter Press [2016]
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2016, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 115-146
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBF British Isles
TJ Modern history
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)