{"product_id":"9781541600331","title":"Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic Heroine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe enduring cultural legacy of Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet - a history \"as vital and provocative as the character herself\" (\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e may be the greatest love story ever told, but who is Juliet? Demure ingénue? Or dangerous Mediterranean madwoman? From tearstained copies of the First Folio to Civil War-era fanfiction, Shakespeare's star-crossed heroine has long captured our collective imagination.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuliet\u003c\/i\u003e is her story, traced across continents through four centuries of history, theatre, and film. As Oxford Shakespeare scholar Sophie Duncan reveals, Juliet's legacy stretches beyond her literary lifespan into a cultural afterlife ranging from enslaved African girls in the British Caribbean to the real-life Juliets of sectarian violence in Bosnia and Belfast. She argues that our dangerous obsession with the beautiful dead teenager and Juliet's meteoric rise as a defiant sexual icon have come to define the Western ideal of romance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wry and inventive, \u003ci\u003eJuliet\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to fiction's most famous teenage girl who died young, but who lives forever.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46551360930033,"sku":"9781541600331","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781541600331_p0.jpg?v=1765649093","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781541600331","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}