A Midsummer Night's Dream (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300106534)

The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist

"Each volume . . . proves to be a splendid addition to the series."--Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University

From the hilarious mischief of the elf Puck to the rough humor of the self-centered Bottom and his fellow players, from the palace of Theseus in Athens to the magic wood where fairies play, Shakespeare's lyrical A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play of enchantment and an insightful portrait of the predicaments of love. This extensively annotated edition makes Midsummer completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century and provides a rich resource for students, teachers, and the general reader.

Burton Raffel's on-page annotations offer generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. In his introduction he explores the complexities of A Midsummer Night's Dream. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom examines the play's extraordinary m駘ange of characters.

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 030010653X
ISBN-13: 9780300106534
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2005
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.06w x 0.59d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 134