Steck-Vaughn Short Classics: Student Reader Romeo and Juliet, Story Book - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0811468380 ISBN 13: 9780811468381

Casa editrice: STECK VAUGHN CO, 1991

Riassunto

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 more familiar 1599 text is accompanied by a detailed explanatory commentary. 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.

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L'autore:

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, as well as one of the greatest in Western literature, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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• Editore: STECK VAUGHN CO
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0811468380
• ISBN 13: 9780811468381
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 48
• Redattore: Steck-Vaughn Company