Romeo and Juliet - Couverture rigide

Shakespeare, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521825466 ISBN 13 : 9780521825467

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This second edition of Romeo and Juliet features a new introductory section by Thomas Moisan.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of Romeo and Juliet retains the text prepared by G. Blakemore Evans, together with his introduction and detailed textual notes. A thorough stage history features illustrations and photographs of notable performances from the eighteenth century onwards while a lucid commentary alerts the reader to the difficulties of language, thought and staging. For this second edition, Thomas Moisan has added a new introductory section which focuses on recent scholarly criticism and contemporary productions of the play. The reading list has also been revised and updated.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Professor Evans helps the reader to visualise the stage action of Romeo and Juliet, a vital element in the play's significance and useful to students approaching it for the first time. The history of the play in the theatre is accompanied by illustrations of notable productions from the eighteenth century onwards. A lucid commentary alerts the reader to the difficulties of language, thought and staging. For this updated edition Thomas Moisan has added a new section to the Introduction which takes account of the number of important professional theatre productions and the large output of scholarly criticism on the play which have appeared in recent years. The Reading List has also been revised and augmented.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521825466
• ISBN 13: 9780521825467
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Éditeur: Evans G. Blakemore
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible