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"The permanent popularity, now of mythic intensity, ofRomeo and Julietis more than justified," writes eminent scholar Harold Bloom, "since the play is the largest and most persuasive celebration of romantic love in Western literature." William Shakespeare (1564-1616) based his early romantic tragedy on Arthur Brooke's 1562 poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet. Shakespeare's resulting masterpiece, in turn, has inspired countless retellings around the world in mediums that include literature, dance, stage, and screen. "It is Shakespear all over, and Shakespear when he was young," declares William Hazlitt (1778-1830), acclaimed British essayist and critic, in his exuberant Introduction to this Modern Library edition. "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventuríd piteous overthrows, Do with their death bury their parents' strife." --Prologue From the Hardcover edition.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-100553455370
ISBN-139780553455373
eBay Product ID (ePID)1842191
Product Key Features
Publication Year1994
TopicShakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Book TitleRomeo and Juliet : Bbc Dramatization
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
Book SeriesBbc Radio Presents Ser.
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience, Young Adults
Dimensions
Item Height0.9in.
Item Length5in.
Item Weight6.8 Oz
Item Width5.6in.
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"We can more easily decide between Shakespear and any other author, than between him and himself. Shall we quote any more passages to shew his genius or the beauty ofRomeo and Juliet? At that rate, we might quote the whole." From the Hardcover edition.
Grade fromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal822.3/3
Grade toTwelfth Grade
Edition DescriptionAbridged Edition,Unabridged Edition