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Romeo and Juliet (The Annotated Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare
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Description for Romeo and Juliet (The Annotated Shakespeare)
Paperback. Romeo & Juliet is perhaps the most read and loved of all stage works. Now the most extensively annotated version of the play to date makes it completely accessible to readers in the 21st century. Editor(s): Raffel, Professor Burton (Distinguished Arts and Humanities,Professor of English, University of Louisiana). Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist "Burton Raffel is surely one of the profession’s top linguists and scholars, and the application here of his vast knowledge of linguistics to Romeo and Juliet provides any reader (whether specialist or not) with the best glimpse available of the great range of Shakespeare’s stunning use of the English language."—Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most read and beloved of all stage works. This extensively annotated version of the play to ... Read more
The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist "Burton Raffel is surely one of the profession’s top linguists and scholars, and the application here of his vast knowledge of linguistics to Romeo and Juliet provides any reader (whether specialist or not) with the best glimpse available of the great range of Shakespeare’s stunning use of the English language."—Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most read and beloved of all stage works. This extensively annotated version of the play to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Annotated Shakespeare
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300104530
SKU
V9780300104530
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Ref
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About William Shakespeare
Burton Raffel was professor of arts and humanities emeritus and professor of English emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain, all published by Yale University Press. Harold Bloom was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg ... Read more
Reviews for Romeo and Juliet (The Annotated Shakespeare)
Received rating of "Outstanding" from 2005 University Press Books Committee "Raffel’s glossings are almost without exception accurate and scholarly and some of them will be downright revelatory. The attention he pays to sound and rhythm in his notes will remind students they should be reading Shakespeare aloud and that there is pleasure in doing so."—Dale Richardson, The University of ... Read more