White Romeo and Juliet

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-137-11151-7
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 225 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

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As one of the world's greatest love stories Romeo and Juliet continues to excite new theatre-goers, readers and film-goers. Its depiction of tragic lovers strikes a chord in each generation of young people, and seems to speak in their own idiom. As such, it reflects, and allows us to analyse, changing attitudes to sex in a violent world. This collection of contemporary essays raises topical debates about the nature of love conventions, as well as offering new insights into Shakespeare's text.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, R.

White, R. S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.- General Editors' Preface.- Introduction: What is this Thing Called Love?; R.S. White.- 'Death-marked love': Desire and Presence in Romeo and Juliet; L. Davis.- The Name of the Rose in Romeo and Juliet; C. Belsey.- Romeo and Juliet: Love-Hatred in the Couple; J. Kristeva.- The Ideology of Romantic Love: The Case of Romeo and Juliet; D. C. Callaghan.- 'The Murdering Word'; K. Ryan.- Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet; B. Hodgdon.- The Servants; B. Brecht.- Romeo and Juliet: The Nurse's Story; B. Everett.- Eloquence and Liminality: Glossing Mercutio's Speech Acts; J. A. Porter.- Romeo and Juliet's Open Rs; J. Goldberg.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

R. S. WHITE is Professor of English at the University of Western Australia.