‘The story shall be changed’: antique fables and agency in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Scott, Charlotte. 2020. ‘The story shall be changed’: antique fables and agency in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare Survey, 73, pp. 119-128. ISSN 0080-9152 [Article]
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This essay explores the role of the story – allusion, paradigm, precedent and narrative structure – as an agent of change in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With a particular focus on women, this essay analyses the pivotal role that story telling provides in Shakespeare’s construction of both opportunity and imagination.
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This article has been published in a revised form in Shakespeare Survey 73, edited by Emma Smith https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108908023.009.

This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed.
Departments, Centres and Research Units English and Comparative Literature
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