The Shakespeare guide to Italy : retracing the Bard's unknown travels / Richard Paul Roe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roe, Richard Paul, 1922-2010.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Italy.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Italy.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism and interpretation.

Italy--Description and travel.

Italy--In literature.

Physical Description:

xviii, 309 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Perennial, [2011]

Summary:

Using the text from Shakespeare's ten "Italian Plays," the author determined the exact locations of nearly every scene, recording them in a work that's a combination literary detective story and travelogue.

Contents:

Romeo and Juliet, "Devoted love in Verona"

The two gentlemen of Verona, part 1, "Sailing to Milan"

The two gentlemen of Verona, part 2, "Milan: arrivals and departures"

The taming of the shrew, "Pisa to Padua"

The merchant of Venice, part 1, "Venice: the city and the empire"

The merchant of Venice, part 2, "Venice: trouble and trial"

Othello, "Strangers and streets, swords and shoes"

A midsummer night's dream, "Midsummer in Sabbioneta"

All's well that ends well, "France and Florence"

Much ado about nothing, "Misfortune in Messina"

The winter's tale, "A cruel notion resolved"

The tempest ,"Island of wind and fire".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780062074263

0062074261

OCLC:

703206613