Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic : Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War
History Shakespeare, William, Criticism, interpretation, etc e-böcker
Edinburgh University Press
2018
EISBN 9781474427470
Intro; Acknowledgements; List of Classical Abbreviations; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction: Shakespeare and the Vulnerable Self; Part I Julius Caesar; Chapter 1 'A beast without a heart': Pietas and Pity in Julius Caesar; Chapter 2 'The northern star': Constancy and Passibility in Julius Caesar; Conclusion to Part I: Shakespeare's Passion Play; Part II Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 3 'The high Roman fashion': Suicide and Stoicism in Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 4 'A spacious mirror': Interpellation and the Other in Antony and Cleopatra; Conclusion to Part II: The Last Interpellation.
Conclusion: Between Humanism and AntihumanismBibliography; Index.
Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche.
Conclusion: Between Humanism and AntihumanismBibliography; Index.
Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche.
