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Sophie Duncan
Searching for Juliet [EPUB ebook]
The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare’s First Tragic Heroine

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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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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9781529365139 ● Editora Hodder & Stoughton ● Publicado 2023 ● Carregável 3 vezes ● Moeda EUR ● ID 8887386 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM

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