Woods, Gillian (2012) Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230222069. (In Press)
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Book synopsis: Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies and has provoked a rich diversity of interpretations. Definitively passionate, it is much more than the archetypal love story: the play tests the limits of tragedy and comedy, challenges gender roles and explores the nature of language. In this Reader's Guide, Gillian Woods: • surveys key critical responses to Romeo and Juliet, from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century • plots a clear route through the vast array of debates, identifying chronological and thematic connections and explaining contexts • investigates major issues and approaches such as deconstruction, psychoanalytical criticism, feminism and queer theory • discusses film adaptations, including Baz Luhrmann's 1996 box-office hit William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Authoritative and accessible, this invaluable Guide provides students, teachers and researchers with a panorama of the play's critical history in all its dynamic variety.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| School or Research Centre: | Birkbeck Schools and Research Centres > School of Arts > English |
| Depositing User: | Dr Gillian Woods |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2012 11:32 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Apr 2013 12:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/5505 |
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