Paperback, 475 pages
English language
Published May 24, 2003 by Bedford/St. Martin's.
This edition of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by six sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to fit many different approaches to Shakespeare’s play and the early modern culture out of which the play emerges. The texts include travel accounts, poetry, excerpts from early modern fencing manuals, royal proclamations and statutes, tables and prognostications from an early modern almanac, and orders for religious ceremonies from The Book of Common Prayer. Unique to this edition, too, is the inclusion of numerous unpublished manuscript letters of the Bagot family and some poignantly moving passages from the diary of Lady Anne Clifford. The documents contextualize the social relationships among men in Shakespeare’s time, violence in Elizabethan society, views of love and the Petrarchan paradigm, spiritual life, family in Elizabethan society, and ideas about astrology, medicine, and death.
Ha estado entretenido pero no me ha enamorado la historia
No por nada es un referente de la literatura universal. El lenguaje, las reacciones extremas de los personajes, la mezcla de lo trágico y lo cómico entre tantísimos otros detalles hacen de esta obra una parada obligatoria para quien tenga un poco de curiosidad por los clásicos.
This is a re-reading but the first time with this particular edition. The Royal Shakespeare Company Modern Library edition is just beautifully clear. When I picked this up I just had to buy it and now intend to get hold of them all.
It's the combination of modern font, clear, unfussy layout and the obvious accessibility of the notes on the page that make it so much easier to understand and enjoy.
The scholarship brings out all the earthy, bawdy double meanings and brings old Shakespeare to life.
Not my favourite play, but I still appreciate the artistry of the layered meanings in many of the exchanges.
On another re-read, there's enough humour here to warrant another star. While the primary narrative is still lacking a bit of the subtlety that we see in some of Shakespeare's later (more philosophical) works, there are still some great lines, and a lot of fun.
I haven't read this since high school. I remember enjoying it, but found I enjoyed it a bit more this time. The first blush of young infatuation. Love at first sight. Family feuds. And death. The play that spawned a thousand movies and has set an unrealistic, strangely morbid bar for teens everywhere. I would blame Leonardo DiCaprio but I know this obsession was there long before our pal Leo caused millions of ladies to swoon. The family conflicts are so outdated in this day and age, but the insanity of pubescent hormones are alive and well even now. Read it, debate it, perform it--it's a classic for a reason.
Read this in the Modern English version. nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/
