ENGLISH

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2024
ISBN
0192866362, 9780192866363
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1768678 bytes)
Series
Oxford World's Classics: The New Oxford Shakespeare
Pages
192\193
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2024-07-26 12:19:38

Description

This edition provides a clear and accessible introduction to Shakespeare's enduring tale of ill-fated lovers. Hannah August pays particular attention to the dramatic function of the famous prologue and the significance of the play's ending. August also explores ways of reading the play as a text that queries rather than validates the tenets of heterosexual romantic love, proving that at multiple points throughout the play's four-hundred-years-plus stage history, Verona has more queer than the prevailing view of Romeo and Juliet as a core text of heterosexual love might lead us to believe. It includes a substantial section which addresses the play's early modern production and reception history in both print and performance, as well as providing an overview of later performance traditions drawing on up-to-date examples of key productions.

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