A Midsummer Nights Dream (The Annotated Shakespeare)

ISBN: 030010653X

Author: Shakespeare, William

Condition: New

The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatistEach volume . . . proves to be a splendid addition to the series.-Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State UniversityFrom 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, Shakespeares lyrical A Midsummer Nights 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 Raffels 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 Nights Dream. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom examines the plays extraordinary mélange of characters.