CONTENT WARNING: This episode will mention various instances of suicide and attempted suicide and death through literary history. 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!Redhanded the PodcastMontecchio Maggiore castles!Questions/Comments/Concerns/Recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org! Other episodes we recommend:Dark RomanceAdaptations/stories Jackie mentions:Ovid "Pyramus and Thisbe" (Metamorphoses, 8 CE)Geoffrey Chaucer Legend of Good Women (1386)Masuccio Saleritano "Mariotto and Ganozza" (Il Novellino/Cinquante Novelle, 1476)Luigi Da Porto Historia novellamente ritrovata di due nobili amanti (1530/1531 pub. p.h.) - In ItalianMatteo Bandello’s Giuletta e Romeo (1554)William Shakespeare "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1591-1596 appr.)Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet (1591-1596 appr.)Romeo and Juliet Before Shakespeare - Four Early Stories of Star-crossed Love (ed. Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2000)Other books we mention:I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McMurdy The Woman in the Library by Sulari GentillOther sources:“Metamorphoses” (Britannica.com)“Shakespeare and Chaucer: Influence and Authority on the Renaissance Stage” (Teramura, 2016)“Shakespeare’s Quartos: Romeo and Juliet” (British Library)“Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe.” (Duke, 1971)“Chaucer’s Pyramus and Thisbe.” (Spisak, 1984)“Midsummer Night’s Dream.” (Shakespeare’s Globe)“Pyramus and Thisbe Context” (Schmoop.com)“Pyramus and Thisbe,” (Britannica, 2023)The Original Romeo and Juliet (Pelkofsk, 2015)"The Basics" (The British Library, n.d.)"The Legend of Good Women" (The British Library)"Black Death" (History.com, 2023)"The True Story of Romeo and Juliet" (Veronissima.com, n.d.)"Romeo and Juliet before Shakespeare" (Levenson, 1984)"Luigi da Porto" (Thehistoryofromeoandjuliet.weebly.com, n.d.)"Sources: The Genealogy of Romeo and Juliet" (The Bill Shakespeare Project, 2010)"Pre- and Post-Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet" (Artsedge, Kennedy Center, n.d.)