Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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The Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a heavily annotated scholarly version of Shakespeare’s play that compiles and compares extensive critical commentary, textual variants, and historical notes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annotated edition
critical edition
scholarly edition
basedOn A Midsummer Night’s Dream NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkOf William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
documentType reference work
research tool
feature citations of earlier critics
collation of early editions
discussion of editorial decisions
discussion of stage history
extensive footnotes
line-by-line commentary
genre Shakespearean scholarship
literary criticism reference work
textual scholarship
hasPart annotated text of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
appendices
bibliographical references
critical commentary
glossarial notes
historical notes
introduction
textual variants
intendedAudience Shakespeare scholars
students of English literature
textual editors
theatre historians
language English
mainSubject A Midsummer Night’s Dream NERFINISHED
English Renaissance drama
Shakespearean comedy
purpose to compare textual variants
to compile critical commentary
to document the reception history of the play
to provide a comprehensive scholarly resource
relatedWork other New Variorum Shakespeare volumes
standard critical editions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
scholarlyApparatus explanatory notes on language and allusions
historical contextualization
survey of critical interpretations
variant readings from early quartos and folios
use academic research
advanced teaching of Shakespeare
preparation of new editions of the play
workOf The New Variorum Shakespeare series NERFINISHED
Variorum Shakespeare tradition NERFINISHED

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Horace Howard Furness notableWork Variorum edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream