BookRomeo and Juliet
Main title
- Romeo and Juliet / editor, Robert C. Evans.
Published/Produced
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2017]
- ©2017
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Description
- xii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 9781682172643 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- 1682172643 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
LC classification
- PR2831 .R6385 2017
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Summary
- Given the reputation of Romeo and Juliet in literary circles, theatre programs, and the ordinary world, one would assume that every aspect of this iconic play had long ago been exhausted through relentless study and debate. It's longevity and our persistence with it, however, only enhance Romeo and Juliet's endurance as a piece of writing capable of endless scrutiny and limitless interpretation. The essays within this edition of Critical Insights are no exception to the innovate perspectives that Romeo and Juliet inspires. Inside, readers can expect to find essays on film adaptations, parodies, space, and artificiality, as well as pluralistic approaches to the balcony scene, possibly the most famous scene in western literature. Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of "Works Cited," along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources. -- Publisher's website.
Contents
- Romeo and Juliet, Recycled / Bruce Boehrer -- Biography of William Shakespeare / Robert C. Evans -- Friar Laurence and Sacramental Confession in Romeo and Juliet, 1930--49 / Benedict J. Whalen -- The Critical Reception of Romeo and Juliet / Richard Harp -- Critical Pluralism and the Opening of the Balcony Scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet / Robert C. Evans -- Comparisons and Contrasts: Some Filmed Versions of the "Balcony Scene" in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet / Eric J. Sterling -- Imagining Romeo and Juliet / Maurice Hunt -- The Artificiality of Romeo and Juliet / Frances Teague -- Romeo and Juliet on Film / Christopher Baker -- Soliloquies in Romeo and Juliet: An Empirical Approach / James Hirsh -- Trauma in Romeo and Juliet / Robert C. Evans -- Chamber, Tomb, and Theater: Living in Romeo and Juliet's Spaces of the Dead / Adam Rzepka -- Flight and Spaceflight in Romeo and Juliet / Matthew Steggle -- Pears and Statues / Lisa Hopkins -- William Hawley Smith's Parody of Romeo and Juliet (and of Hamlet) / Robert C. Evans -- Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Newspaper Travesties of Romeo and Juliet / Sarah Fredericks -- Chronology of William Shakespeare's Life -- Works by William Shakespeare -- Recent Editions of Romeo and Juliet: A Selective Survey (1997--2017).
LC Subjects
Other Subjects
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William)
- Imagination in literature.
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Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and index.
Series
- Critical insights
- Critical insights.
LCCN
- 2018296507
Dewey class no.
- 822.33
Other system no.
- (OCoLC)ocn974669661
Type of material
- Book
Content type
- text
Media type
- unmediated
Carrier type
- volume
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