Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Romeo

Now at ninety-three volumes, this popular MLA series addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. In these essays, experienced teachers discuss approaches and methods they have found effective in keeping classroom discussions lively.

Preface to the Series

ix

Preface to the Volume

xi

PART ONE: MATERIALS

Maurice Hunt

Editions

Complete Editions of Shakespeare

3

(1)

Single Editions

4

(2)

The Instructor's Library

Reference Works

6

(1)

Critical and Pedagogical Studies

6

(5)

Background Studies

11

(1)

Textual and Source Studies

12

(2)

Performance and Theater Studies

14

(1)

Visual Materials and Other Artistic Media

15

(2)

Required and Recommended Student Readings

17

(4)

PART TWO: APPROACHES

Introduction

21

(8)

Reading Strategies

Authority in Romeo and Juliet

29

(8)

Arthur F. Kinney

``I Love You Madly, I Love You to Death'': Erotomania and Liebestod in Romeo and Juliet

37

(10)

Ivo Kamps

``Now Art Thou What Thou Art'': or, Being Sociable in Verona: Teaching Gender and Desire in Romeo and Juliet

47

(12)

Thomas Moisan

Teaching the Tragi-comedy of Romeo and Juliet

59

(10)

Douglas Bruster

Literary and Contemporary Contexts

Teaching Romeo and Juliet in an Introduction to Drama Course

69

(9)

Jennifer Low

Teaching Romeo and Juliet Historically

78

(7)

Dorothea Kehler

Teaching Romeo and Juliet with Troilus and Cressida and Antony and Cleopatra

85

(6)

Thomas H. Blackburn

Queer Romeo and Juliet: Teaching Early Modern ``Sexuality'' in Shakespeare's ``Heterosexual'' Tragedy

91

(7)

Nicholas F. Radel

Modern Contexts

``Who Wrote the Book of Love?'': Teaching Romeo and Juliet with Early Rock Music

98

(10)

Cynthia Marshall

Teaching Romeo and Juliet as a Tragedy of the Generation Gap and of Teenage Suicide

108

(7)

Sara Munson Deats

Teaching Shakespear's Bawdry: Orality, Literacy, and Censorship in Romeo and Juliet

115

(10)

James R. Andreas, Sr.

Character

Teaching Mothers in Romeo and Juliet: Lady Capulet, from Brooke to Luhrmann

125

(6)

Michael Basile

``My Ghostly Father'': Teaching the Friar in Romeo and Juliet

131

(6)

Paul J. Voss

Loving Shakespeare's Lovers: Character Growth in Romeo and Juliet

137

(7)

Karl F. Zender

Language and Text

The Wild Goose Chase: Teaching Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet

144

(9)

Joseph A. Porter

Teaching the Books of the Play

153

(10)

Jill L. Levenson

Dramatic Technique and Performance Art

Provoking Thought: Teaching Romeo and Juliet through Dramatic Technique

163

(9)

James Hirsh

Textual License and Restraint: (Re)Enacting Stage History

172

(7)

Stephen M. Buhler

Other Artistic Media

Star-Crossed Generations: Three Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet

179

(7)

Robert F. Willson, Jr.

Teaching Musical and Balletic Adaptations of Romeo and Juliet; or, Romeo and Juliet, Thou Art Translated!

186

(5)

R. Alan Kimbrough

Notes on Contributors

191

(3)

Survey Participants

194

(21)

Works Cited

Books and Articles

196

(17)

Audiovisual Materials

213

(2)

Index

215

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Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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