Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to the Play

by Jay L. Halio

Book Overview

Since its first performances around 1596 and its earliest editions (1597, 1599), Romeo and Juliet has remained one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. The reasons are not far to seek, as the play centers on a subject of perennial interest: romantic love. A mixed genre, the play begins as a comedy and ends as a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet are among Shakespeare's most memorable characters, for he has endowed them with some of his greatest lyric...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313300895
• ISBN13: 9780313300899
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"