#64 A Rose By Any Other Name: The Origins of Romeo and Juliet

<p>CONTENT WARNING: This episode will mention various instances of suicide and attempted suicide and death through literary history. </p><p>To be or not to be...as much of a Shakespeare nerd as Jackie is! Join us for a textual transmissionary tale of just where Romeo and Juliet could come from. And no, it's NOT Verona, Italy!</p><p></p><p><a href="https://redhandedpodcast.com/">Redhanded the Podcast</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.veronissima.com/immagini/castelli-giulietta-romeo.jpg">Montecchio Maggiore castles!</a></p><p></p><p>Questions/Comments/Concerns/Recommendations? <a href="mailto:%20ragingromantics@nopl.org">Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org! </a></p><p></p><p>Other episodes we recommend:</p><ul><li><a href="https://blubrry.com/nopl/75214502/15-its-getting-dark-in-here/">Dark Romance</a></li></ul><p></p><p>Adaptations/stories Jackie mentions:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/OvidMetamorphoses4.html#2">Ovid "Pyramus and Thisbe" (Metamorphoses, 8 CE)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/English/GoodWomen.php#anchor_Toc186791813">Geoffrey Chaucer Legend of Good Women (1386)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-5275-7791-6-sample.pdf">Masuccio Saleritano "Mariotto and Ganozza" (Il Novellino/Cinquante Novelle, 1476)</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/GiuliettaERomeoNovellaStoricaDiLuigiDaPortoDiVicenza">Luigi Da Porto Historia novellamente ritrovata di due nobili amanti (1530/1531 pub. p.h.)</a> - In Italian</li><li><a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ssd?id=coo.31924010704421;seq=73">Matteo Bandello’s Giuletta e Romeo (1554)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=midsummer&amp;Scope=entire&amp;pleasewait=1&amp;msg=pl">William Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1591-1596 appr.)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=romeojuliet">Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet (1591-1596 appr.)</a></li><li><a hre