"Rewriting Idolatry: Doctor Faustus and Romeo and Juliet"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo374/
Author:
	Rutter, Tom.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Comparative Drama 58, no. 3 (2024): 341–66. (https://muse.jhu.edu/article/936319)
DOI:
	10.1353/cdr.2024.a936319
Annotation:
	Suggests that Romeo and Juliet  is "(at least in part) a creative response to Doctor Faustus" that rewrites moments of "spiritual transgression or terror" as "erotic moments." Points to both plays' exploration of idolatry, showing how in Romeo and Juliet, the lovers "valu[e] each other over all other considerations," including God and faith.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Marlowe, Christopher
Tags:
	Romeo and Juliet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare's Sources and Influences on Shakespeare
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo374