Romeo and Juliet: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #13) (Paperback)
Other Books in Series
This is book number 13 in the Arden Shakespeare Third series.
- #3: Antony and Cleopatra: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #3) (Paperback): $17.48
- #4: Coriolanus (Arden Shakespeare Third #4) (Hardcover): $138.00
- #5: Double Falsehood: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #5) (Paperback): $28.69
- #7: Hamlet: The Texts Of 1603 And 1623 (Arden Shakespeare Third #7) (Paperback): $18.69
- #8: King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #8) (Paperback): $18.83
- #9: King Lear: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #9) (Paperback): $17.48
- #10: King Richard II: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #10) (Paperback): $18.83
- #11: King Richard III (Arden Shakespeare Third #11) (Hardcover): $138.00
- #12: King Richard III (Arden Shakespeare Third #12) (Paperback): $18.83
- #14: Shakespeare's Sonnets: Revised (Arden Shakespeare Third #14) (Paperback): $18.83
- #15: Sir Thomas More: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #15) (Paperback): $25.24
- #16: The Merchant of Venice: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #16) (Paperback): $18.83
- #17: The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Arden Shakespeare Third #17) (Hardcover): $150.00
- #18: Timon Of Athens (Arden Shakespeare Third #18) (Hardcover): $138.00
- #20: Twelfth Night: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #20) (Paperback): $17.48
- #21: King Henry IV Part 2 (Arden Shakespeare Third #21) (Hardcover): $138.00
- #22: King Henry VIII: Third Series (Arden Shakespeare Third #22) (Paperback): $17.19
Description
This major new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet's. The play text is expertly edited and the on-page commentary notes discuss issues of staging, theme, meaning and Shakespeare's use of his sources to give the reader deep and engaging insights into the play.
The richly illustrated introduction looks at the play's exceptionally beautiful and complex language and focuses on the figure of Juliet as being at its centre. Rene Weis discusses the play's critical, stage and film history, including West Side Story and Baz Luhrmann's seminal film Romeo + Juliet. An authoritative edition from a leading scholar giving the reader a penetrating and wide-ranging insight into this ever popular play
About the Author
Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare.
