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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
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This guide surveys the truly essential criticism of the play over the last four centuries, from 16th-century responses to the present day. Discussing key areas of debate, and a wide range of scholarship, Gillian Woods provides an invaluable introduction to the vast array of criticism surrounding one of Shakespeare's most popular plays.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- NOTE ON THE TEXT
- INTRODUCTION: Outlines the main themes in the critical history of Romeo and Juliet and the shape of the rest of the Guide.
- CHAPTER ONE: Patient Ears: Early Texts and Responses
- CHAPTER TWO: Well-Seeming Forms: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- CHAPTER THREE: Righteous Kisses and Dateless Bargains: Romantics and Victorians
- CHAPTER FOUR: Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy?: Genre Criticism
- CHAPTER FIVE: What's in a Word?: Language and Deconstruction
- CHAPTER SIX: Kissing by the Book: Reading Petrarchism
- CHAPTER SEVEN: Death-Marked Love: Psychoanalytical Criticism
- CHAPTER EIGHT: Juliet and Her Romeo: Feminism, Gender Studies and Queer Theory
- CHAPTER NINE: From Fair Verona to Verona Beach: Shakespeare on Film
- CONCLUSION: Provides an overview of the Guide as whole and explores possible future developments in Romeo and Juliet criticism.
- NOTES
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX