{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-9780300106534","title":"A Midsummer Night's Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Each volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e proves to be a splendid addition to the series.\"--Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream \u003c\/i\u003eis a play of enchantment and an insightful portrait of the predicaments of love. This extensively annotated edition makes \u003ci\u003eMidsummer\u003c\/i\u003e completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century and provides a rich resource for students, teachers, and the general reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom examines the play's extraordinary m lange of characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300106534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.06w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2005 pg. 134\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049408364725,"sku":"9780300106534","price":7.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c4c51742-f305-4d1f-b45d-10aa4187ce53.jpg?v=1689689275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-9780300106534","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}