Shakespearean Criticism

Romeo and Juliet (Vol. 76) | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Andrews, Michael Cameron. “Cock-a-hoop.” Upstart Crow 12 (1992): 91-5.

Explicates the phrase “set a cock-a-hoop” used by Capulet in Act 1, scene v of Romeo and Juliet, regarding it as an expression of “masculine self-assertiveness and self-display.”

Cole, Douglas. Introduction to Twentieth Century Interpretations of “Romeo and Juliet” A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by Douglas Cole, pp. 1-18. Englewood Cliffs: N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970.

Surveys the sources, contexts, structure, and themes of fate, time, and the balance of good and evil in Romeo and Juliet.

Fein, Susanna Greer. “Verona's Summer Flower: The ‘Virtues’ of Herb Paris in Romeo and Juliet.ANQ 8, no. 4 (fall 1995): 5-8.

Highlights a possible allusion to the plant Paris quadrifolia (commonly known as “truelove”) in regard to Count Paris, who...

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