Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Chronology 12
Chapter 1 Shakespeare's Background
1 The Young William Shakespeare John F. Andrews 17
2 Marriage and Money Peter Holland 25
3 A Marriage Based on Love? Peter Ackroyd 30
Chapter 2 Coming of Age in Romeo and Juliet
1 Sensing the Doom of Growing Up Dympna Callaghan 37
2 Growing Up in a Violent World Marjorie Garber 44
3 Growing Up Outside Convention Derek Traversi 51
4 Coming of Age in Verona Coppélia Kahn 62
5 Becoming a Man Robert Appelbaum 68
6 Juliet's Right of Veto Cedric Watts 75
7 A Daughter's Rebellion Sharon Hamilton 81
8 Maturation and Subversion François Laroque 95
9 The Chaos and Violence of Coming of Age Jill L. Levenson 100
Chapter 3 Contemporary Perspectives on Coming of Age
1 Young Love in the Twenty-First Century Katherine Gazella 109
2 Childhood Cut Short: The Arranged Marriages of Underaged Girls Stephen Singular 116
3 Youthful Suicides Dani Garavelli 125
4 Teenage Violence Janell Ross Christian Bottorff 133
5 Youth Violence Around the World Edmund Sanders 140
For Further Discussion 147
For Further Reading 148
Bibliography 150
Index 154
