Coming of age in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
By: Vernon Elso Johnson, book editor.
Contributors: Johnson, Vernon E. 1921-
Series: Social issues in literature
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780737746143; 9780737746150
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Maturation (Psychology) in literature; Adolescence in literature; Teenagers in literature; Youth in literature; Parent and child in literature; Adolescence -- History; Teenagers -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chronology; title: Chapter 1 : Shakespeare's background.; title: The young William Shakespeare / John F. Andrews; title: Marriage and money / Peter Holland; title: A marriage based on love? / Peter Ackroyd; title: Chapter 2 : Coming of age in Romeo and Juliet.; title: Sensing the doom of growing up / Dympna Callaghan; title: Growing up in a violent world / Marjorie Garber; title: Growing up outside convention / Derek Traversi; title: Coming of age in Verona / Coppelia Kahn; title: Becoming a man / Robert Appelbaum; title: Juliet's right of veto / Cedric Watts; title: A daughter's rebellion / Sharon Hamilton; title: Maturation and subversion / Francois Laroque; title: The chaos and violence of coming of age / Jill L. Levenson; title: Chapter 3 : Contemporary perspectives on coming of age.; title: Young love in the twenty-first century / Katherine Gazella; title: Childhood cut short : the arranged marriages of underaged girls / Stephen Singular; title: Youthful suicides / Dani Garavelli; title: Teenage violence / Janell Ross, Christian Bottorff; title: Youth violence around the world / Edmund Sanders; title: For further discussion; title: For further reading