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This manual/study guide is designed as a stand-alone text or for use with ROMEO AND JULIET: Original text and facing-pages translation into contemporary English. (ISBN 1885564112)
It offers a wealth of material including background information on Shakespeare's life, his sources for ROMEO AND JULIET, suggestions for teaching and producing the play, and probing questions with suggested answers.
Detailed summaries of every scene in THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET are included, together with an annotated bibliography, a guide to pronouncing proper nouns in the play, a Shakespearean time line, and an alphabetical glossary of terms, cross-referenced to act, scene, and line.
This manual is an invaluable source of information for anyone teaching, studying, or reading THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET.
--This text refers to the
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From the Publisher
Are you frustrated by obscure words and unidiomatic phrases in Shakespeare's plays? The new "Access to Shakespeare" series removes the mystery, not the magic, from ROMEO AND JULIET, and makes reading or studying a breeze. This translation of ROMEO AND JULIET into contemporary English -- alongside the original text -- has modernized the difficult passages and expressions which used to make Shakespeare's language such heavy weather.
This unique translation is NOT a literal-minded prose version. It retains the feel and the rhythm of the original, letting you experience the play in the same enjoyable way an Elizabethan audience did. The text is immediately clear to today's readers, making those tedious footnotes unnecessary. You'll find easy-to-follow line numbering, and a glossary of place names and mythological references.
Are you a high school or junior-college student working on an assignment? Do you wish to preview the play before a performance, or are you perhaps learning English as a Second Language? This translation is ideal for you. You will never again hesitate to read ROMEO AND JULIET because you're mystified by lines such as, "Thou art uproused with some distemperature." The facing page of this edition of ROMEO AND JULIET makes clear what Shakespeare meant, "You are upset about something you want cured."
The translation reads like a modern book and it's fascinating.
--This text refers to the
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edition.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: A Facing-Pages Translation into Contemporary English (Access to Shakespeare)
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: A Facing-Pages Translation into Contemporary English (Access to Shakespeare),William Shakespeare,Jonnie Patricia Mobley,Lorenz Educational Publishers,1885564023,Juliet (Fictitious character),Juvenile drama,Literary Criticism,Literature: Classics,Plays / Drama,Romeo (Fictitious character),Shakespeare,Vendetta,Verona (Italy),Adaptations,Shakespeare, William
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