Searching for Juliet: The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine

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'Witty and scholarly'JONATHAN BATE, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Thrilling'GUARDIAN'Illuminating . . . as vital and provocative as the character herself'LITERARY REVIEW'Buoyant'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'An astonishing tour-de-force'MARION TURNER, author of The Wife of Bath: A BiographyWho is Juliet Capulet?Daughter of VeronaLovestruck TeenagerRomantic IconTragic HeroineRebelSearching for Juliet takes us from the Renaissance origin stories behind Shakespeare's child bride to enslaved people in the Caribbean, Italian fascists in Verona, and real-life lovers in Afghanistan. From the Victorian stage to 1960s cinema, Baz Luhrmann, and beyond. Drawing on rich cultural and historical sources and new research, Sophie Duncan shows us why Juliet is for now, for ever, for everyone.
Copyright:
2023

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781529365139
Related ISBNs:
9781529365177
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
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Copyrighted By:
Sophie Duncan
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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