Romeo and Juliet in European Culture

  1. Juan F. Cerdá 1
  2. Dirk Delabastita
  3. Keith Gregor 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
    info

    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Editorial: John Benjamins

ISSN: 2452-1930

ISBN: 9789027209122 9789027264787

Año de publicación: 2017

Tipo: Libro

DOI: 10.1075/SEC.1 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Resumen

With its roots deep in ancient narrative and in various reworkings from the late medieval and early modern period, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has left a lasting trace on modern European culture. This volume aims to chart the main outlines of this reception process in the broadest sense by considering not only critical-scholarly responses but also translations, adaptations, performances and various material and digital interventions which have, from the standpoint of their specific local contexts, contributed significantly to the consolidation of Romeo and Juliet as an integral part of Europe’s cultural heritage. Moving freely across Europe’s geography and history, and reflecting an awareness of political and cultural backgrounds, the volume suggests that Shakespeare’s tragedy of youthful love has never ceased to impose itself on us as a way of articulating connections between the local and the European and the global in cases where love and hatred get in each other’s way. The book is concluded by a selective timeline of the play’s different materialisations.