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Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic : Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War /
Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient RomeShakespeare 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. In Julius Caes...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy : ECSSP
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Classical Abbreviations
- Series Editor's Preface
- Introduction: Shakespeare and the Vulnerable Self
- Part I: Julius Caesar
- 1. 'A beast without a heart': Pietas and Pity in Julius Caesar
- 2. 'The northern star': Constancy and Passibility in Julius Caesar
- Conclusion to Part I: Shakespeare's Passion Play
- Part II: Antony and Cleopatra
- 3. 'The high Roman fashion': Suicide and Stoicism in Antony and Cleopatra
- 4. 'A spacious mirror': Interpellation and the Other in Antony and Cleopatra
- Conclusion to Part II: The Last Interpellation
- Conclusion: Between Humanism and Antihumanism
- Bibliography
- Index