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THE SOURCES AND
ANALOGUES OF 'A
MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S
DREAM' COMPILED
BY FRANK SIDGWICK
[Duffield & Company Crest]
NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS
1908
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"COMBIEN DE ROMANS DU JOUR ET DE GAZETTES AI-JE FERMES POUR ETUDIER PLUS
LONGTEMPS CES ADMIRABLES COMPOSITIONS, IMAGES DE L'ESPRIT, DES MOEURS ET
DES CROYANCES DE NOS ANCETRES!"
_Paulin Paris._
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
Sec. 1. THE MAIN (SENTIMENTAL) PLOT 7
Sec. 2. THE GROTESQUE PLOT 27
Sec. 3. THE FAIRY PLOT 33
OBERON'S VISION 66
ILLUSTRATIVE TEXTS 69
NOTES 188
INDEX 194
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THE SOURCES AND ANALOGUES
OF
"A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM"
A study such as the present one does not demand any elaborate investigation
of the date or circumstances of the first production of the play, unless
these throw light on the inquiry into its sources; but in any case it is
always well to base a literary study on literary history.
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