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Juliet The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare s First Tragic Heroine

by [Duncan, Sophie]

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The enduring cultural legacy of Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet -- a history "as vital and provocative as the character herself" (Literary Review).

Romeo and Juliet may be the greatest love story ever told, but who is Juliet? Demure ingénue? Or dangerous Mediterranean madwoman? From tearstained copies of the First Folio to Civil War-era fanfiction, Shakespeare's star-crossed heroine has long captured our collective imagination.

Juliet is her story, traced across continents through four centuries of history, theatre, and film. As Oxford Shakespeare scholar Sophie Duncan reveals, Juliet's legacy stretches beyond her literary lifespan into a cultural afterlife ranging from enslaved African girls in the British Caribbean to the real-life Juliets of sectarian violence in Bosnia and Belfast. She argues that our dangerous obsession with the beautiful dead teenager and Juliet's meteoric rise as a defiant sexual icon have come to define the Western ideal of romance.

Wry and inventive, Juliet is a tribute to fiction's most famous teenage girl who died young, but who lives forever.

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  • Seal Press Brand
  • Jun 6, 2023 Pub Date:
  • 9781541600324 ISBN-13:
  • 1541600320 ISBN-10:
  • 320.0 pages Hardcover
  • English Language
  • 9.6 in * 1.35 in * 6.35 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: