{"product_id":"romeo-and-juliet-the-annotated-shakespeare","title":"Romeo and Juliet (The Annotated Shakespeare)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRomeo and Juliet (The Annotated Shakespeare)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Shakespeare; Burton Raffel; Harold Bloom\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300104530\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eAnnotated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\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.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Romeo and Juliet (The Annotated Shakespeare) | William Shakespeare; Burton Raffel; Harold Bloom | Paperback | 9780300104530 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1771650","offer_id":50751871222018,"sku":"1771650","price":15.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/615se_-XsYL.jpg?v=1791994773","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/romeo-and-juliet-the-annotated-shakespeare","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}