Romeo and Juliet"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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Page xxvi
... things to consider are whether or not the protagonists have suc- ceeded in meeting this requirement and , if it appears they have failed , whether one had any right to suppose they would do otherwise . A final source of uneasiness for ...
... things to consider are whether or not the protagonists have suc- ceeded in meeting this requirement and , if it appears they have failed , whether one had any right to suppose they would do otherwise . A final source of uneasiness for ...
Page xxxii
... things , as his mature friends know ; yet Romeo's " misshapen chaos of well - seeming forms " is catalyzed into inchoate poetry whenever Juliet comes upon the scene , and in the end he achieves in her presence a man's power to act if ...
... things , as his mature friends know ; yet Romeo's " misshapen chaos of well - seeming forms " is catalyzed into inchoate poetry whenever Juliet comes upon the scene , and in the end he achieves in her presence a man's power to act if ...
Page 177
... things become his servants for the purpose : all things tell the same tale , and sound in unison . This faculty , moreover , is combined with the manners and feelings of a perfect gentleman , himself utterly unconscious of his powers ...
... things become his servants for the purpose : all things tell the same tale , and sound in unison . This faculty , moreover , is combined with the manners and feelings of a perfect gentleman , himself utterly unconscious of his powers ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxiii |
Romeo and Juliet | 41 |
Copyright | |
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