Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the worlds greatest dramatist
Named a 2005 Outstanding Academic title by the Association of American University Presses
“Raffel’s glossings are almost without exception accurate and scholarly and some of them will be downright revelatoryThe 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, University of the South
“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
“Raffel’s glossings are almost without exception accurate and scholarly and some of them will be downright revelatoryThe 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, University of the South
“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
Burton Raffel (1928–2015) 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. Harold Bloom (1930–2019) was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. His many books include The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300104530 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300104537 |
| Title | Romeo and Juliet |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Series | The Annotated Shakespeare |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2004-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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