{"product_id":"9781474216364","title":"Romeo and Juliet: A Critical Reader","description":"\u003ch3\u003eArden Early Modern Drama Guides\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRomeo and Juliet: A Critical Reader\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJulia Reinhard Lupton | Lisa Hopkins | Andrew Hiscock\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniquely, this guide analyses the play's critical and performance history and recent criticism, as well as including five essays offering radically new paths for contemporary interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject matter of these essays is rich and diverse, ranging across the play's philosophical identification of sexual love with self-realization, the hermeneutic implications of an editor's textual choices, the minor characters of the play in relation to Renaissance performance traditions, \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e in opera and ballet, and the play's Italian sources and afterlives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe guide also contains a chapter on the key resources available\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e including scholarly editions and easily available DVDs, and discusses the ways in which they can be used in the classroom to aid understanding and provoke further debate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by leading scholar Julia Reinhard Lupton, this is an essential guide for both students and scholars of Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJulia Lupton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 January 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Arden Shakespeare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474216364\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332398186636,"sku":"9781474216364","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2c01b45e-3549-4b6f-a491-a7afbd6626e2.jpg?v=1783603151","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474216364","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}