"This edition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play" -- Provided by publisher.
These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert, and includes an introduction by Ned Halley.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596.
" The authoritative edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Freshly edited text based on the best early printed ...
The Present Study Aims At Making The Text More Accessible To The Serious Student Of Shakespeare. Besides Providing The Socio-Political Milieu Of Shakespeare S Time, It Gives A Scene-Wise Critical Summary Of The Text.
A stunningly illustrated and accessible retelling of Shakespeare's gossamer tale of mixed-up love among humans and fairies.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
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The second title in David Zwirner Books’s Seeing Shakespeare series revisits the ultimate fairy tale through the eyes of a contemporary artist who feels a special affinity for its imagery.
Change and transformation are central to the action, themes and language of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This book will show how the play participates in a widespread 1590s concern with...