How did they know it was a sonnet? The beauty of Romeo and Juliet's encounter and a return to form
The article examines the formal properties of Romeo and Juliet's encounter-sonnet, and suggests that Shakespeare included the sonnet for readers he hoped would be repeat play-goers. There are two parts of the case: 1) The first part takes up Romeo and Juliet's first encounter and examines...
| Published in: | Moreana |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
[2019]
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| In: |
Moreana
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| Further subjects: | B
culture littéraire et lecture élisabéthaine
B public du théâtre de la première modernité B Elizabethan book and reading culture B poetic form B forme poétique B étude du jeu théâtral B early modern theater audiences B Shakespeare's sonnets B Roméo et Juliette B Romeo and Juliet B Sonnets de Shakespeare B Performance Studies |
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| Summary: | The article examines the formal properties of Romeo and Juliet's encounter-sonnet, and suggests that Shakespeare included the sonnet for readers he hoped would be repeat play-goers. There are two parts of the case: 1) The first part takes up Romeo and Juliet's first encounter and examines it as a sonnet, orienting the analysis of its poetics through a historicized understanding of poetic form, book culture and theatrical performance; 2) the second asks how a member of Shakespeare's own play audience would have known that the sonnet is one, arguing that s/he might not have without having read the play beforehand. The relationship between quarto-reading and play-going perhaps encouraged audiences to see the play again after reading it. The article concludes by defending the return to form in Shakespeare Studies. |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2019.0051 |