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Shakespeare’s Verona
Shakespeare’s Verona is a true curiosity for the literary tourist because it is so much the product of wishful thinking. It is extremely unlikely (despite some pleasant speculation) that Shakespeare ever went to Italy; there is certainly no evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged history of reading, Italy, Jacques Augustin Galiffe, Jane Waldie, John Murray, Juliet’s Tomb, literary landmark, literary landscape, literary museums, literary pilgrimage, literary tourism, literary tourist, Lord Byron, love of literature, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Nicola Watson 'At Juliet's Tomb' in Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet and Civic Life: The Boundaries of Civic Space ed. Silvia Bigliozzi and Lisanna Calvi, Romeo and Juliet, Samuel Rogers, Verona, William Shakespeare
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