Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 46 IS - 2 T2 - Philosophy and Literature SP - 447-67 ID - bbbo20 T1 - "Romantic Love and the Feudal Household: Romeo and Juliet as Social Criticism" AU - Wartenberg, Thomas E PY - 2022 DA - 2026 LA - English AB - Acknowledges key role that romantic love plays in Romeo and Juliet’s critique of feudal society, which allows antagonism between unlikely lovers’ noble households to undermine their chance at finding true love. Concludes that play endorses strong, centralized state as necessity to secure citizens' welfare. English summary, 447. ER -