num_pages: 224
description: "Each volume of The Annotated Shakespeare proves to be a splendid addition to the series."—Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State UniversityFrom 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  A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play of enchantment and an insightful portrait of the predicaments of love. This extensively annotated edition makes Midsummer completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century and provides a rich resource for students, teachers, and the general reader. 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 A Midsummer Night's Dream . And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom examines the play's extraordinary mélange of characters. 
language: English
title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
titlecomplete: A Midsummer Night's Dream
characters: Cobweb, Tom Snout, Titania, Demetrius, Mustardseed, Snug, Oberon, Robin Starveling, Hermia, Nick Bottom, Egeus, Puck, Theseus (mythology), Philostrate, Peter Quince, Hermia (Shakespeare), Peaseblossom, Hippolyta, Helena (Shakespeare), Lysander (Shakespeare), Francis Flute (Shakespeare), Moth
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Fantasy, Plays, School, Romance, Poetry, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 525444
places: Atenas
publisher: Yale University Press