Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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The Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a heavily annotated scholarly version of Shakespeare’s play that compiles and compares extensive critical commentary, textual variants, and historical notes.
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| Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Context triple: [Horace Howard Furness, notableWork, Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream]
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that intertwines romance, magic, and mistaken identities in an enchanted Athenian forest.
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B.
Midsummer Nights
"Midsummer Nights" is a song by Kenny Rogers from his 1983 country-pop album "Eyes That See in the Dark," which was largely written and produced by the Bee Gees.
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C.
A Midsummer Night’s Rave
A Midsummer Night’s Rave is a modern, rave-culture reimagining of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring Carrie Hamilton in a contemporary, youth-oriented setting.
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D.
Cambridge Greek Play
The Cambridge Greek Play is a long-running tradition at the University of Cambridge of staging classical Greek dramas in the original ancient Greek language, typically with elaborate, scholarly productions.
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E.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Target entity description: The Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a heavily annotated scholarly version of Shakespeare’s play that compiles and compares extensive critical commentary, textual variants, and historical notes.
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A.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedic play by William Shakespeare that intertwines romance, magic, and mistaken identities in an enchanted Athenian forest.
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B.
Midsummer Nights
"Midsummer Nights" is a song by Kenny Rogers from his 1983 country-pop album "Eyes That See in the Dark," which was largely written and produced by the Bee Gees.
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C.
A Midsummer Night’s Rave
A Midsummer Night’s Rave is a modern, rave-culture reimagining of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring Carrie Hamilton in a contemporary, youth-oriented setting.
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D.
Cambridge Greek Play
The Cambridge Greek Play is a long-running tradition at the University of Cambridge of staging classical Greek dramas in the original ancient Greek language, typically with elaborate, scholarly productions.
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E.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annotated edition
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critical edition ⓘ scholarly edition ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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linked to:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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| basedOnWorkOf | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| documentType |
reference work
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research tool ⓘ |
| feature |
citations of earlier critics
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collation of early editions ⓘ discussion of editorial decisions ⓘ discussion of stage history ⓘ extensive footnotes ⓘ line-by-line commentary ⓘ |
| genre |
Shakespearean scholarship
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literary criticism reference work ⓘ textual scholarship ⓘ |
| hasPart |
annotated text of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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appendices ⓘ bibliographical references ⓘ critical commentary ⓘ glossarial notes ⓘ historical notes ⓘ introduction ⓘ textual variants ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Shakespeare scholars
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students of English literature ⓘ textual editors ⓘ theatre historians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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linked to:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
English Renaissance drama ⓘ Shakespearean comedy ⓘ |
| purpose |
to compare textual variants
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to compile critical commentary ⓘ to document the reception history of the play ⓘ to provide a comprehensive scholarly resource ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
other New Variorum Shakespeare volumes
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standard critical editions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ |
| scholarlyApparatus |
explanatory notes on language and allusions
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historical contextualization ⓘ survey of critical interpretations ⓘ variant readings from early quartos and folios ⓘ |
| use |
academic research
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advanced teaching of Shakespeare ⓘ preparation of new editions of the play ⓘ |
| workOf |
The New Variorum Shakespeare series
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linked to:
New Variorum Shakespeare
Variorum Shakespeare tradition ⓘ
linked to:
New Variorum Shakespeare
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