Publisher's Synopsis
The purpose of this academic undertaking has been to explore the interpretative nuances so as to uphold the abiding appeal of the timeless Shakespearean masterpiece, A Midsummer Nights Dream, which is a play replete with opulent interpretative potentials. The book contains eleven essays that deal with various aspects and interpretations of the play, like the element of Fantasy, the Fairies and Elizabethan World Politics as represented in the play, the meta-theatrical sub-layers and the interconnecting threads in the work, and the gender relations in the play, among other facets of significance. The essays in the book offer myriad readings of the play to cater to the basic requirements of the students. The book thus holds out a promise to benefit the readers in their understanding of the play.
