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Book/Printed Material Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet,' being the original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Title

  • Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet,' being the original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'

Names

  • Brooke, Arthur, -1563.
  • Munro, John James, ed.
  • Bandello, Matteo, 1485-1561.

Created / Published

  • New York, Duffield and Company; London, Chatto & Windus, 1908.

Headings

  • -  Romeo--(Fictitious character)--Poetry
  • -  Juliet--(Fictitious character)--Poetry

Notes

  • -  Added half-title: Portrait of Shakespeare with the legend "The Shakespeare classics" within ornamental border.
  • -  Printed in Great Britain.
  • -  A modernized edition based upon that by P.A. Daniel, issued by the New Shakespeare Society in 1875. The t.-p. of the original edition, London, 1562, is reproduced in photogravure: The tragicall historye of Romeus and Juliet, written first in Italian by Bandell, and nowe in Englishe by Dr. Br. In ædibus Richardi Tottelli.
  • -  Appendix I (p. [131]-145): Table of correspondence between Brooke's poem and Shakespeare's play.
  • -  Appendix II (p. [147]-163): ... Brooke's use of Boaistuau and Chaucer.
  • -  Appendix III (p. [165]-167): Brooke's death.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • lxviii p., 2 l., 167, [1] p. front. (facsim.) 18 x 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR2214.B6 A7 1908

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 09013423

OCLC Number

  • 2128964

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Brooke, Arthur, -1563, and Matteo Bandello. Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet,' being the original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. editeds by Munro, John James New York, Duffield and Company; London, Chatto & Windus, 1908. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/09013423/.

APA citation style:

Brooke, A. & Bandello, M., Munro, J. J., ed. (1908) Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet,' being the original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. New York, Duffield and Company; London, Chatto & Windus. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/09013423/.

MLA citation style:

Brooke, Arthur, -1563, and Matteo Bandello. Brooke's 'Romeus and Juliet,' being the original of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. ed by Munro, John James New York, Duffield and Company; London, Chatto & Windus, 1908. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/09013423/>.