Romeo And Juliet
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few works in the English language have captured the imagination of readers and audiences alike as powerfully as William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet — a blazing tragedy of young love, feuding families, and fate's cruel indifference, set against the sun-drenched streets of Verona. This scholarly edition, meticulously prepared by G. Blakemore Evans, Cabot Professor of English Literature, Emeritus at Harvard University, presents Shakespeare's timeless text with the rigour and depth that the Cambridge Shakespeare series is celebrated for, offering readers both the full drama and the academic apparatus needed to appreciate its every nuance. Evans brings decades of distinguished scholarship to bear on this edition, illuminating the play's intricate verse, its sources in Italian novella tradition, and its enduring theatrical legacy through authoritative commentary and annotation. The result is an edition that speaks simultaneously to the student encountering the star-crossed lovers for the first time and to the seasoned scholar seeking fresh critical insight. With its seamless blend of textual precision and interpretive depth, this volume raises an irresistible question: in a world governed by chance and passion, could Romeo and Juliet's tragedy ever have been avoided?
Author: G. Blakemore Evans
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few works in the English language have captured the imagination of readers and audiences alike as powerfully as William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet — a blazing tragedy of young love, feuding families, and fate's cruel indifference, set against the sun-drenched streets of Verona. This scholarly edition, meticulously prepared by G. Blakemore Evans, Cabot Professor of English Literature, Emeritus at Harvard University, presents Shakespeare's timeless text with the rigour and depth that the Cambridge Shakespeare series is celebrated for, offering readers both the full drama and the academic apparatus needed to appreciate its every nuance. Evans brings decades of distinguished scholarship to bear on this edition, illuminating the play's intricate verse, its sources in Italian novella tradition, and its enduring theatrical legacy through authoritative commentary and annotation. The result is an edition that speaks simultaneously to the student encountering the star-crossed lovers for the first time and to the seasoned scholar seeking fresh critical insight. With its seamless blend of textual precision and interpretive depth, this volume raises an irresistible question: in a world governed by chance and passion, could Romeo and Juliet's tragedy ever have been avoided?