Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

by Shakespeare, William; Halio, Jay L.

• ISBN13: 9780874135794
• ISBN10: 0874135796
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Delaware Pr

Summary

The essays collected here derive in part from a series of lectures, "International Perspectives on Shakespeare," delivered at the University of Delaware during the academic year 1992-93 and partially supported by the Delaware Humanities Forum. By coincidence, three of the six scholars chose one of Shakespeare's most enduring and beloved tragedies, Romeo and Juliet, for their subject, but each approached the play from different points of view.
All the essays are published here for the first time in English. They offer new perspectives on Romeo and Juliet that all students of the play will find both illuminating and useful.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
Tradition and Subversion in Romeo and Juliet	p. 18
Shakespeare, Hypnos, and Thanatos: Romeo and Juliet in the Space of Myth	p. 37
No "Vain Fantasy": Shakespeare's Refashioning of Nashe for Dreams and Queen Mab	p. 49
"Alla stoccado carries it away": Codes of Violence in Romeo and Juliet	p. 83
Rehabilitating Tybalt: A New Interpretation of the Duel Scene	p. 97
Q1 Romeo and Juliet and Elizabethan Theatrical Vocabulary	p. 107
Handy-Dandy: Q1/Q2 Romeo and Juliet	p. 123
Contributors	p. 151
Index	p. 153
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