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02924aam a2200373 a 4500 001 8E932916152711E3AA706A77DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 130430s2013 cau j b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2012942805 020 $a 1586176846 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781586176846 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)841298650 040 $a JAI $c JAI $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BWX $d IXA $d OCLCO $d CDX $d HF9 $d ZCU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a PR2831.P43 $b S53 2013 082 04 $a 822.33 $2 23 100 1 $a Pearce, Joseph, $d 1961- 245 10 $a Shakespeare on love : $b seeing the Catholic presence in Romeo and Juliet / $c Joseph Pearce. 260 $a San Francisco, Calif. : $b Ignatius Press, $c c2013. 300 $a 179 p. ; $c 20 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Having given the evidence for William Shakespeare's Catholicism in two previous books, literary biographer Joseph Pearce turns his attention in this work to the Bard's most famous play, Romeo and Juliet. "Star-crossed" Romeo and Juliet are Shakespeare's most famous lovers and perhaps the most well-known lovers in literary history. Though the young pair has been held up as a romantic ideal, the play is a tragedy, ending in death. What then, asks Pearce, is Shakespeare saying about his protagonists? Are they the hapless victims of fate, or are they partly to blame for their deaths? Is their love the "real thing", or is it self-indulgent passion? And what about the adults in their lives? Did they give the young people the example and guidance that they needed? The Catholic understanding of sexual desire, and its need to be ruled by reason, is on display in Romeo and Juliet, argues Pearce. The play is not a paean to romance but a cautionary tale about the naivete and folly of youthful infatuation and the disastrous consequences of poor parenting. The well-known characters and their oft-quoted lines are rich in symbolic meaning that points us in the direction of the age-old wisdom of the Church. Although such a reading of Romeo and Juliet is countercultural in an age that glorifies the heedless and headless heart of young love, Pearce makes his case through a meticulous engagement with Shakespeare and his age and with the text of the play itself -- provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616. $t Romeo and Juliet $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Love $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616 $x Religion. 610 20 $a Catholic Church $x In literature. 650 0 $a Christianity and literature $z England $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Christianity and literature $z England $x History $y 17th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909030958.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180117035533.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8E932916152711E3AA706A77DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search