From Romeo and Juliet to Rosaline & Benvolio: Refashioning Shakespearean Teenage Lovers

In this essay I analyse a number of narrative retellings of Romeo and Juliet for a Young Adult audience. I focus on three novels which, interestingly, replace the star-crossed lovers, with a couple of minor characters, Benvolio and Rosaline: Lisa Fiedler’s Romeo’s Ex. Rosaline’s Story (2006), Melind...

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Main Author: Laura Tosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2017-11-01
Series:Altre Modernità
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/9259

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