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Romeo and Juliet

A Norton Critical Edition
By William Shakespeare
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story originating from a rich tapestry of sources across centuries. This edition, curated by Gordon McMullan, presents a series of stories that explore the legend globally, from its earliest origins through to contemporary adaptations.
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This volume is ideal for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of classical literature and drama who wish to delve deeply into the evolution and reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet over time.

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This much-anticipated Norton Critical Edition of Shakespeare’s best-known play is based on the Second Quarto, widely agreed to be the most authoritative early text.

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By carefully selecting extracts from sources, scholars and scriptwriters, Gordon McMullan tells a series of stories about Romeo and Juliet, globally and from their legend's origins to the present day.

This edition includes: Introductory materials and explanatory annotations by Gordon McMullan as well as numerous images; Sources and early rewritings by Luigi Da Porto, Matteo Bandello, Pierre Boaistuau, Kareen Klein, and Thomas Otway, among others; Critical readings and later rewritings spanning four centuries and including those by Stanley Wells, Wendy Wall, Dympna C. Callaghan, Jill L. Levenson, Niamh Cusack, David Tennant and Courtney Lehmann. A Selected Bibliography is also included.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393926262

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 October 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Critical edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Gordon McMullan

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 373g

Pages: 448

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Most Popular Books of All Time Non-Fiction Series: Norton Critical Editions William Shakespeare

About the Author

Gordon McMullan (D.Phil. Oxford) is Professor of English at King’s College London and Director of the London Shakespeare Centre. He is the author of Shakespeare and the Idea of Late Writing: Authorship in the Proximity of Death and The Politics of Unease in the Plays of John Fletcher, and editor of the Arden Shakespeare edition of Henry VIII and the Norton Critical Edition of 1 Henry IV. He is a General Editor of Arden Early Modern Drama. He has edited or co-edited several collections of essays, including Late Style and Its Discontents, Women Making Shakespeare, Reading the Medieval in Early Modern England, and In Arden: Editing Shakespeare.

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