On 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
This essay on Shakespeare's play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is by Arthur Machen, and forms chapter eight of the collected essays published in 'Dog and Duck'(1924). The chapter investigates the influence of folklore on Shakespeare's presentation of fairies.
Date Published:
16 July 2012
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William Shakespeare, Early Modern Drama on the Page and Stage, Fantasy Literature
Keywords:
shakespeare, Essays, fairies, Plays, midsummer night's dream
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On 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare at https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/machen/arthur/dog-and-duck/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/midsummer-nights-dream. Published on 16 July 2012. Accessed on 09 May 2026.
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