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Searching for Juliet

The Lives and Deaths of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine

Sophie Duncan

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'Witty and scholarly'
Jonathan Bate, Sunday Telegraph

'Thrilling'
Samantha Ellis, Guardian

'An astonishing tour-de-force'

Marion Turner, author of The Wife of Bath: A Biography

Who is Juliet Capulet?

Daughter of Verona

Lovestruck Teenager

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Tragic Heroine

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Searching for Juliet takes us from the Renaissance origin stories behind Shakespeare's child bride to enslaved people in the Caribbean, Italian fascists in Verona, and real-life lovers in Afghanistan. From the Victorian stage to 1960s cinema, Baz Luhrmann, and beyond. Drawing on rich cultural and historical sources and new research, Sophie Duncan shows us why Juliet is for now, for ever, for everyone.

'Illuminating . . . as vital and provocative as the character herself'
Literary Review

'I love the combination of authority, research, anger, and dry wit'
Emma Smith, author of This Is Shakespeare

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Apr 2024
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 129 mm
ISBN: 9781529365160