"An updated edition with detailed notes from the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-297).
Contents
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet -- Reading Shakespeare's language -- Shakespeare's life -- Shakespeare's theater -- Publication of Shakespeare's plays -- Introduction to this text -- Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet : text of the play with commentary -- Longer notes -- Textual notes -- Romeo and Juliet, a modern perspective / by Gail Kern Paster -- Further reading -- Key to famous lines and phrases.
Summary
Contains the dramatic text of William Shakespeare's tragic play about the forbidden love between two young people from feuding Veronese houses, and includes commentary, notes, and details about the life of the author.