Romeo and JulietContributors to this Volume: James Bemis ""Star-crossed"" Romeo and Juliet are Shakespeare's most famous lovers. A staple of high school reading lists, the tragedy especially resonates with young adult readers who, like Romeo and Juliet, have experienced the exhilarating and perilous phenomenon of being ""in love"". Given the tragic ending of the play, what does Shakespeare illustrate about his teen protagonists: Are they the hapless victims of fate, or are they responsible for the poor choices they make? Is their love the ""real thing"", or is it self-indulgent passion run amok? These are some of the ever relevant questions discussed in this critical edition of Romeo and Juliet. The Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions or Oxford World Classics, and are designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. While many modern critical editions have succumbed to the fads of modernism and post-modernism, this series will concentrate on tradition-oriented criticism of these great works. Edited by acclaimed literary biographer, Joseph Pearce, the Ignatius Critical Editions will ensure that traditional moral readings of the works are given prominence, instead of the feminist, or deconstructionist readings that often proliferate in other series of 'critical editions'. As such, they represent a genuine extension of consumer-choice, enabling educators, students and lovers of good literature to buy editions of classic literary works without having to 'buy into' the ideologies of secular fundamentalism. |
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Joseph Pearce, William Shakespeare. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ROMEO AND JULIET With Contemporary Criticism Edited by JOSEPH PEARCE IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Cover art: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Paolo and Francesca. Oil.
Joseph Pearce, William Shakespeare. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ROMEO AND JULIET With Contemporary Criticism Edited by JOSEPH PEARCE IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Cover art: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Paolo and Francesca. Oil 003-003.pdf.
... Ignatius Press, San Francisco All rights reserved ISBN 978-1-58617-439-2 Library of Congress Control Number 2010931305 Printed in the United States of America ` Tradition is the extension of Democracy through time; it is 004-004.pdf.
... rate, cannot separate the two ideas of democracy and tradition. — G.K. Chesterton Ignatius Critical Editions—Tradition-Oriented Criticism for a new generation CONTENTS Introduction by Joseph Pearce ix Textual Note xxvii The 005-006.pdf.