ROMEO AND JULIET Dympna Callaghan WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

ROMEO AND JULIET         TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

BY: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

EDITED BY: DYMPNA CALLAGHAN

THE BEDFORD SHAKESPEARE SERIES ~~ SERIES EDITOR: JEAN E. HOWARD, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

DESCRIPTION ON BACK OF BOOK: PREPUBLICATION PRAISE FOR ROMEO AND JULIET: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS ~~ "THE STRENGHS OF THIS EDITION ARE ITS GATHERING OF A WIDE VARIETY OF PRIMARY TEXTS (BOTH PUBLISHED AND MANUSCRIPT); ITS ABILITY TO EXPLAIN COMPLEX HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES FOR A STUDENT READERSHIP; (AND) ITS COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTORY CHAPER, WHICH SKILLFULLY CONNECTS THE FORMAL AND LYRICAL QUALITIES OF THE PLAY TO SPECIFIC HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN RENAISSANCE ENGLAND....CALLAGHAN'S HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MYTH OF ROMANTIC LOVE WILL BE CRUCIAL IN GETTING UNDERGRADUATES TO APPROACH THE PLAY FROM A FRESH PERSPECTIVE....THIS PROMISES TO BE A POPULAR AND WELL-RESPECTED EDITION OF THE PLAY."---MARIO DIGANGI, LEHMAN COLLEGE, CUNY ~~~~~~~"CALLAGHAN IS A GIFTED CRITIC AS WELL AS A SCHOLAR...THAT IS MOST BRACING ABOUT THIS EDITION IS THE CRITICAL ACUMEN THAT APPEARS EVERWHERE IN HER EDITORIAL MATERIAL."---DENISE ALBANESE, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ~~~~~"THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL TEXT FOR ANY INSTRUCTOR WHO WANTS STUDENTS TO GET AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT ROMEO AND JULIET. IT MAKES A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FAMILY DYNAMICS WORK IN THE PLAY."---VIRGINIA MASON VAUGHAN, CLARK UNIVERSITY

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