{"product_id":"romeo-and-juliet-9780300104530","title":"Romeo and Juliet","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Burton Raffel is surely one of the profession's top linguists and scholars, and the application here of his vast knowledge of linguistics to \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e provides any reader (whether specialist or not) with the best glimpse available of the great range of Shakespeare's stunning use of the English language.\"--Tita French Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the most read and beloved of all stage works. This extensively annotated version of the play to date makes it completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century and offers a rich resource for students, teachers, and the general reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. This version of \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e is unparalleled for its thoroughness and adherence to sound linguistic principles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his introduction, Raffel provides historical and social contexts that increase the reader's understanding of the play. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom argues that \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e is unmatched in the world's literature \"as a vision of an uncompromising love that perishes of its own idealism and intensity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Annotated Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300104530","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451843252361,"sku":"9780300104530","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_080411f2-be84-447b-a352-841db16a4251.jpg?v=1715985293","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/romeo-and-juliet-9780300104530","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}