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Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.
In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers’ final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.
The authoritative edition of Romeo and Juliet from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
-An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading
Essay by Gail Kern Paster
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.
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Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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Original price was: $6.99.$6.29Current price is: $6.29.
K.J –
bought for my kids for school, arrived quickly and in pretty condition, there were a few scratches but that didn’t bother, would recommend!!
JOAO PAULO DUDA BUENO –
I bought this for school and it’s a little small but I love how there is a description of most words you can highlight it without worrying of bleeding through.
Amazon Customer –
I’m super satisfied with this order because books and dictionaries came more than on time. I’m relaxed knowing that my children will read their summer reading and will be mind-ready prior to the start of the new school year.
user1747396478 –
Had to read for school and notes on the left page were so helpful!!! Plenty of room to take notes and drawing to help readers!!
Juliette –
C’est pour l ecole. Si on achete la mauvaise version on doit racheter un autre livre.
La maison d’edition devrait etre : Simon & Schuster
9780671722852
On se retrouve avec edition by Barbara A Mowat and P. W
avec un numero 771111 ?!!!
M. R. Sheffield –
This Folger Shakespeare Library edition of “Romeo & Juliet” is exactly right! Great commentary & detailed notes! Received in perfect condition!! The notes are invaluable for clear understanding of Elizabethan English where it might be confusing for a modern reader, and the up-to-date critical essays are enjoyable. Happy Reading!! 😊 📚
額アジサイ –
有名なお話なのに言葉が古かったり、詩的過ぎて、原書で読むのは無理だと思っていましたが、この本は、中味の半分を、意味が変わってしまった言葉やわかりにくい表現の解説に割いていて、親切な本だと思った。まだまだ、勉強不足の私にも、少し当時の雰囲気を体験させてもらったような気がして、良かった。
Tracy –
Loved the book classic great to hand down to daughters grandkids
Tom Gray –
I read Romeo and Juliet as part of my project to read the literature that I had been assigned to read at school but didn’t. I’ve read all five plays that I was assigned in high school and have now endeavored to read as many of the plays as possible. I’ve read these in Folger editions and to my surprise I think that I am learning something. As the common introductions in these editions state, in reading the plays one will become familiar with Shakespeare’s language and the semantics and poetry will begin to come out. I have found that the case for me.
The Folger edition of the play contains a short essay on the play from a modern perspective, It is from this that I learned about the contrast in the play between the individualistic idea of romantic love and the more traditional view of marriage as a connection between two families. Juliet loves Romeo individualistically. Her family arranges for her to wed Paris and her father demands that she do so or be expelled from the family. The individualistic love, the Folger essay links to Petrarch. The essay provides a reading of the play for a modern audience of the issue of female autonomy. It provides an historical background, that in the Renaissance, women were subject to the will of their family and had no independent volition.
The lack of female autonomy and the consequent submission to the will of the family is matched in the play in the behavior of the males in the conflict between the two families. The males, outside of Romeo, engage in constant threatening behavior with males of the other family. This leads to bloody fights with weapons up to causing death. The males have no real autonomy in the feud but act out roles dictated by their membership in the families. It is only Romeo, as a male of one of these families, in the play who counsels restraint. Juliet’s conflict with her expected role in family behavior is matched here by that of Romeo.
The tragedy of the play lies in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as caused by forces outside of their control. It is the social expectations of their time that cause the disorder and death in the play. Death and disorder caused by mismatched social expectations are of relevance in the politics of today.
javed –
cool
Mac –
Good product
Armindo Oliveira –
Lectura obligatoria para todos joven
Breno Cardoso –
Chegou em otimo estado, sem nenhum defeito ou problema.