Romeo and Juliet in European Cultures [1 ed.] 9789027264787, 9789027209115

With its roots deep in ancient narrative and in various reworkings from the late medieval and early modern period, Shake

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Romeo and Juliet in European Cultures [1 ed.]
9789027264787, 9789027209115

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most read and beloved of all stage works. Now the most extensively annotat

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SUMMARY: These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, c

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Helen and Michael run their business from their home, Stocksfield Hall in Northumberland, England. A showcase for their

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Everyone knows the story of the star-crossed lovers but close attention to the language of the play can deepen and darke

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Uniquely, this guide analyses the play’s critical and performance history and recent criticism, as well as including fiv

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Romeo and Juliet is the most produced, translated, and re-mixed of all of Shakespeare’s plays. This volume takes up the

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Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but gettin

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Having given the evidence for William Shakespeare's Catholicism in two previous books, literary biographer Joseph P

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Comic elements in Shakespeare's tragedies have often been noted, but while most critics have tended to concentrate

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This book explores the birth, life and afterlife of the story of Romeo and Juliet, by looking at Italian translations/re

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