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Book Description
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM showcases the magical enchantment of Shakespeare's best-loved comedy, with its spirits and spells, its slapstick and tricks, and not one, but two pairs of lovers lost and found, all wrapped up in a happy ending.
From the Publisher
Are you frustrated by obscure words and unidiomatic phrases in Shakespeare's plays? The new "Access to Shakespeare" series removes the mystery, not the magic, from A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and makes reading or studying a breeze. This translation of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM into contemporary English -- alongside the original text -- has modernized the difficult passages and expressions which used to make Shakespeare's language such heavy weather.
This unique translation is NOT a literal-minded prose version. It retains the feel and the rhythm of the original, letting you experience the play in the same enjoyable way an Elizabethan audience did. The text is immediately clear to today's readers, making those tedious footnotes unnecessary. You'll find easy-to-follow line numbering, and a glossary of place names and mythological references.
Are you a high school or junior-college student working on an assignment? Do you wish to preview the play before a performance, or are you perhaps learning English as a Second Language? This translation is ideal for you. You will never again hesitate to read A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM because you're mystified by lines such as, "You, mistress, all this coil is long of you." The facing page of this edition of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM makes clear what Shakespeare meant, "You, miss, all this trouble is because of you."
The translation reads like a modern book and it's fascinating.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Original text and facing-pages translation into contemporary English (Access to Shakespeare)
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