{"product_id":"juliet-sophie-duncan-9781541600324","title":"Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe enduring cultural legacy of Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet -- a history \"as vital and provocative as the character herself\" (\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e may be the greatest love story ever told, but who is Juliet? Demure ing駭ue? Or dangerous Mediterranean madwoman? From tearstained copies of the First Folio to Civil War-era fanfiction, Shakespeare's star-crossed heroine has long captured our collective imagination. \u003ci\u003eJuliet\u003c\/i\u003e is her story, traced across continents through four centuries of history, theatre, and film. As Oxford Shakespeare scholar Sophie Duncan reveals, Juliet's legacy stretches beyond her literary lifespan into a cultural afterlife ranging from enslaved African girls in the British Caribbean to the real-life Juliets of sectarian violence in Bosnia and Belfast. She argues that our dangerous obsession with the beautiful dead teenager and Juliet's meteoric rise as a defiant sexual icon have come to define the Western ideal of romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wry and inventive, \u003ci\u003eJuliet\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to fiction's most famous teenage girl who died young, but who lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophie Duncan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541600320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541600324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Sophie Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069938069759,"sku":"9781541600324","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5658ab09-a262-4233-b1a4-65c18a4d56b7.jpg?v=1685427385","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/juliet-sophie-duncan-9781541600324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}