{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2015) was professor of arts and humanities emeritus and professor of English emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are \u003ci\u003ePoems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYvain\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGenius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523512865042,"sku":"9780300104530","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aae50d34-ced3-42a8-8b65-bcab29075ab2.jpg?v=1771333485","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/romeo-and-juliet-9780300104530","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}