Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic : Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gray, Patrick, 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Rome.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > History.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Africa > North.
History
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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