Overview
&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LP style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt""&&R&&LI&&RA Midsummer Night's Dream&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RWilliam Shakespeare&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Shakespeare&&L/I&&R series. This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Great Britain, in collaboration with one of the world's foremost Shakespeare authorities, &&LB&&RDavid Scott Kastan&&L/B&&R of Columbia University. Together they have produced texts as faithful as possible to those that Shakespeare wrote.&&L/P&&R&&LP style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt""&&R&&L/P&&R&&LP style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt""&&REach volume in the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Shakespeare&&L/I&&R includes:&&L/P&&R &&LB&&RNew Scholarship&&L/B&&R Premiere scholars introduce each play with contemporary scholarship. An essay on editing the text provides an in-depth look at the quartos and folios used in the edition. &&LB&&RContextualizing Essays&&L/B&&R Essays on Shakespeare's England, language, and life, along with essays on performing Shakespeare and significant performances frame the play in both historical and theatrical context for readers. A look at the lasting influence of the play on music, art, film, and dance creates an interdisciplinary framework with which to approach the play. &&LB&&RBetter Notes&&L/B&&R Through one-word margin definitions, facing-page glosses, and longer end notes after the play, our innovative approach to notes pulls readers away from the text fewer times while providing them with more information and comprehensive analysis. &&LB&&RFurther Reading&&L/B&&R An annotated bibliography of titles, hand-selected by the introduction author, takes readers beyond the edition for further reading. &&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&RShakespeare's hilarious though often unnerving story of desire, confusion, and magic has delighted audiences for 400 years. The editor, &&LB&&RMario DiGangi&&L/B&&R, provides a set of notes rich in insight into the play's many literary and cultural points of reference. &&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R
Full Product Details
Author: William Shakespeare ,
David Scott Kastan ,
Mario DiGangi
Publisher: Spark
Imprint: SparkNotes
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9781411400382
ISBN 10: 1411400380
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 26 July 2007
Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) wrote 37 plays. King Lear and Macbeth are widely considered his finest and most popular. They are, perhaps, the most frequently produced works on the planet.
