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Searching for Juliet
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Searching for Juliet

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'Witty and scholarly'

JONATHAN BATE, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Thrilling'

GUARDIAN

'Illuminating . . . as vital and provocative as the character herself'

LITERARY REVIEW

'Buoyant'

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

'An astonishing tour-de-force'

MARION TURNER, author of The Wife of Bath: A Biography

Who is Juliet Capulet?

Daughter of Verona

Lovestruck Teenager

Romantic Icon

Tragic Heroine

Rebel

Searching for Juliet takes us from the Renaissance origin stories behind Shakespeare's child bride to enslaved people in the Caribbean, Italian fascists in Verona, and real-life lovers in Afghanistan. From the Victorian stage to 1960s cinema, Baz Luhrmann, and beyond. Drawing on rich cultural and historical sources and new research, Sophie Duncan shows us why Juliet is for now, for ever, for everyone.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Country
United Kingdom
Date
25 June 2024
Pages
320
ISBN
9781529365160

'Witty and scholarly'

JONATHAN BATE, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Thrilling'

GUARDIAN

'Illuminating . . . as vital and provocative as the character herself'

LITERARY REVIEW

'Buoyant'

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

'An astonishing tour-de-force'

MARION TURNER, author of The Wife of Bath: A Biography

Who is Juliet Capulet?

Daughter of Verona

Lovestruck Teenager

Romantic Icon

Tragic Heroine

Rebel

Searching for Juliet takes us from the Renaissance origin stories behind Shakespeare's child bride to enslaved people in the Caribbean, Italian fascists in Verona, and real-life lovers in Afghanistan. From the Victorian stage to 1960s cinema, Baz Luhrmann, and beyond. Drawing on rich cultural and historical sources and new research, Sophie Duncan shows us why Juliet is for now, for ever, for everyone.

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Country
United Kingdom
Date
25 June 2024
Pages
320
ISBN
9781529365160