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A Midsummer Night's Dream

By William Shakespeare
Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
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In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, a group of young Athenians find themselves in a forest full of magical and mischievous fairies. The play weaves together themes of love, fantasy, and transformation as misunderstandings and enchantments lead to humorous and unexpected situations. As human and supernatural worlds collide, the characters navigate their emotions, revealing the complexities of love and desire.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this enchanting play if you appreciate a blend of humour, romance, and fantasy. With magic, mischief, and a tangle of lovers' intrigues, it's perfect for those who relish tales of human folly and supernatural whimsy set against a backdrop of arts and culture.

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The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.

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. The editor brings fresh perspectives on global productions and adaptations of this most-loved of Shakespeare's comedies.

Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series

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A Midsummer Night's Dream is praised for offering a fresh critical perspective on Shakespeare's text. Critics appreciate its innovative approach, which adds depth to the understanding of the play.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408133491

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare

Illustration: 21 bw illus

Contributors:

  • Edited by Prof. Sukanta Chaudhuri

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 420g

Pages: 400

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Non-Fiction Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series William Shakespeare

About the Author

Sukanta Chaudhuri is Professor Emeritus at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. His publications include Infirm Glory: Shakespeare and the renaissance Image of Man (Oxford, 1981), Renaissance Pastoral and Its English Developments (Oxford, 1989) and The Metaphysics of Text (Cambridge, 2010). He has edited the two-volume Pastoral Poetry of the English Renaissance (Manchester, 2016) besides other early modern texts and collections of essays. He was chief co-ordinator of Bichitra, the online variorum of the works of Rabindranath Tagore, and has translated widely from Bengali to English.

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