{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-paperback-2","title":"A Midsummer Night's Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities and emeritus professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are\u003ci\u003e Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Yvain\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Yale University Press. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e was Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, and the author of many books, including\u003ci\u003e The Western Canon\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 7.8 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47218863931641,"sku":"9780300106534","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MzVVeTB4QTNwdXZwSEs1TmVrNmwvZz09.webp?v=1768162588","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}