Critical Essays on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Critical Essays on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Author: Joseph A. Porter
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Mercutio (Fictitious character).
ISBN: 9780783800165

A collection of critical essays that examine various aspects of the Shakespeare drama "Romeo and Juliet," discussing issues of sexuality and gender, the author's practice of composition and revision, and the significance of the character Mercutio.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet
Author: John F. Andrews
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2015-05-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317532414

Originally published in 1993. Presenting excerpts and articles on the themes and characters from the most famous story of young lovers, this collection brings together scholarship relating to the language, performance, and impact of the play. Ordered in three parts, the chapters cover analysis, reviews and interpretation from a wide ranging array of sources, from the play’s contemporary commenters to literary critics of the early 1990’s. The volume ends with an article by the editor on the action in the text which concludes the final section of 8 pieces looking at the story as being a product of Elizabethan Culture. It considers the attitude to the friar, to morality and suicide, the stars and fate, and gender differences. Comparisons are made to Shakespeare’s source as well as to productions performed long after the Bard’s death.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Castrovilli Giuseppe
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1973
Genre: Miniature books
ISBN:

The tragedy of Romeo and juliet - the greatest love story ever.

Critical Essays on Shakespeare's A Lover's Complaint

Critical Essays on Shakespeare's A Lover's Complaint
Author: Shirley Sharon-Zisser
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2006
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780754603450

A series of readings of Shakespeare's A Lover's Complaint, particularly engaging with issues of psychoanalysis and gender, this volume cumulatively builds a detailed picture of the poem, its reception, and its critical neglect. The collection by leading Shakespeareans brings to the poem the attention it deserves for its beauty, its aesthetic, psychological and conceptual complexity, and its representation of its cultural moment.

Shakespeare

Shakespeare
Author: Alfred Harbage
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1964
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Contemporary critical opinion and commentary on the tragedies of Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Signet
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-05-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780451526861

The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's timeless story of star-crossed lovers. One of the Bard's most popular plays, this is both the quintessential story of young love and a cautionary tale of the tragedy that can occur when the forces of passion and familial pride are at odds. This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editor, J.A. Bryant, Jr. • The source from which Shakespeare derived Romeo and Juliet, Arthur Brooke's The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Michael Goldman, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Romeo and Juliet • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format • Recommended readings