Bibliograph

Readings on Romeo and Juliet, Don Nardo, book editor

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Readings on Romeo and Juliet, Don Nardo, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-184) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Readings on Romeo and Juliet

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

36640690

Responsibility statement

Don Nardo, book editor

Series statement

The Greenhaven Press literary companion to British literature

Summary

An anthology of critical essays that provide a wide range of information and opinion about the sixteenth-century play "Romeo and Juliet," and it's author William Shakespeare

Table Of Contents

The story of the star-crossed lovers / Charles & Mary Lamb -- Shakespeare simplified and improved an old story / John Erskine -- The forces driving the play's main characters / Edward Dawden -- The characters' impulsiveness is the villain of the play / Bart Cardullo -- The masquerade is the play's central reference point / Kathleen McLuske -- Echoes of Romeo and Juliet in A Midsummer Night's Dream / Amy J. Riess & George W. Williams -- The meaning of the night visit in the balcony scenes / Jill Colaco -- Physical and spiritual sickness infects the lovers' world / David M. Bergeron -- Social restrictions against illicit unions in Romeo and Juliet / Ann J. Cook -- The recurring image of the inert body in Romeo and Juliet / Brian Gibbons -- The influence of astrology / John W. Draper -- How the lovers' scenes were staged in Elizabethan times / Leslie Thomson -- Shakespeare used extensive character doubling in staging Romeo and Juliet / Giorgio Melchiori -- Editing the play's text / Barbara Hodgdon -- A film version of the play uses visual imagery to enhance the story / Michael Pursell -- The play's spirit retained in musical and artistic versions / Joseph Kestner

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Romeo and Juliet

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Contributor