{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-9780300106534","title":"A Midsummer Night's Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Each volume . . . 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\u003e is 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2015) was Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities emeritus and professor of English emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are \u003ci\u003ePoems and Prose from the Old English, Clig?s, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYvain\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGenius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513987797266,"sku":"9780300106534","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a6af617-9dcb-4ad7-8cee-cb71cfab09d5.jpg?v=1748517349","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-9780300106534","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}