Searching for Juliet: The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine
Apr 2023 · Hachette UK
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'Witty and scholarly'
JONATHAN BATE, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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.
'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...
About the author
Dr Sophie Duncan is a Research Fellow and Dean for Welfare at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. She writes about Shakespeare, gender and race in theatre history, and acts as an historical advisor to theatre, radio and television. She was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and now lives in Oxford.
Dr Sophie Duncan is a Research Fellow and Dean for Welfare at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. She writes about Shakespeare, gender and race in theatre history, and acts as an historical advisor to theatre, radio and television. She was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and now lives in Oxford.
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