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The sources and analogues of "A Midsummer-night's dream"

by: Sidgwick, Frank

Publication date: 1908

Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Pyramus (Legendary character), Thisbe (Legendary character), Fairies

Publisher: New York, Duffield & company; London, Chatto and Windus

Collection: library_of_congress; americana

Contributor: The Library of Congress

Language: English

Added half-title: Portrait of Shakespeare with legend "The Shakespeare classics" within ornamental border

Printed in Great Britain

With reproduction in photogravure of the t.-p. of Scot's Discouerie of witchcraft, 1st edition. London 1584

Introduction.--Illustrative texts: The legend of Pyramus and Thisbe, from A. Golding's translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" (1575) Robin Good-fellow. Thomas of Erceldoune. Reginals Scot's Discovery of witchcraft (1584) Strange fairies [by] T. Churchyard. The mad merry pranks of Robin Good-fellow. Queen Mab, by Ben Johnson. A proper new ballad intitlued the fairies' farewell: or, God-a-mercy will [by R. Corbet] The fairy queen,from the mysteries of love and eloquence (1658) Nymphidia.--Notes.--Index