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Title:

Coming of age in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet / Vernon Elso Johnson, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

160 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Romeo and Juliet.
Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
Adolescence in literature.
Teenagers in literature.
Youth in literature.
Parent and child in literature.
Adolescence--History.
Teenagers--Social conditions.

Other Authors:

Johnson, Vernon E. (Vernon Elso), 1921-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Shakespeare's background -- The young William Shakespeare -- Marriage and money -- a marriage based on love? -- Coming of age in Romeo and Juliet -- Sensing the doom of growing up -- Growing up in a violent world -- Gorwing up outside convention -- Coming of age in Verona -- Becoming a man -- Juliet's right of veto -- A daughter's rebellion -- Maturaiton and subversion -- The chaos and violence of coming of age -- Contemporary perspectives on coming of age -- Young love in the twenty-first century -- Childhood cut short: the arranged marriages of underaged girls -- Youthful suicides -- Teenage violence -- Youth violence around the world.

Series:

Social issues in literature

ISBN:

0737746157 (pbk.)
9780737746150 (pbk.)
0737746149
9780737746143

OCLC:

(OCoLC)315238469

LCCN:

2009009480

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)