The Oxford Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Oxford World´s Classics
The Oxford Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Oxford World´s Classics This innovative edition of one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 quarto but also of the…
Specifikacia The Oxford Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Oxford World´s Classics
The Oxford Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Oxford World´s Classics
This innovative edition of one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 quarto but also of the short, or bad quarto of 1597, regarding each as witness to a mobile text which changed in composition as Shakespeare wrote it and which has continued to evolve throughout its richly varied history, both in the theatre and in film, television, opera, and ballet. The Introduction traces the Romeo and Juliet narrative from its origins in myth through its adaptation in the novella, and shows how Shakespeare's transmutation of the story reflects contemporary concerns with love, death, adolescence, and patriarchism.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around The more familiar 1599 text is accompanied by a detailed explanatory commentary.