Julius Caesar - Couverture souple

Shakespeare, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1980765537 ISBN 13 : 9781980765530

Editeur : Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

First performed in 1599, William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a five-act history play and tragedy, the plot of which Shakespeare sourced from The Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, written by the Greek historian Plutarch around the first century. Shakespeare uses the Roman plot as an allegory for the political mood of England in his times, and the play has stood the test of time in its remarkable, prescient treatment of themes like the dangers of concentration of power, as well as its complex, flawed, and fascinating characters.

A propos du livre

From the Back Cover

Julius Caesar is a key link between Shakespeare's histories and his tragedies. Unlike the Caesar drawn by Plutarch in a source text, Shakespeare's Caesar is surprisingly modern: vulnerable and imperfect, a powerful man who does not always know himself. The open-ended structure of the play insists that revealing events will continue after the play ends, making the significance of the history we have just witnessed impossible to determine in the play itself. John D. Cox's introduction discusses issues of genre, characterization, and rhetoric, while also providing a detailed history of criticism of the play. Appendices provide excerpts from important related works by Lucretius, Plutarch, and Montaigne.

About the Author

John D. Cox is DuMez Professor of English at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, and has published widely on Shakespeare and other Renaissance drama.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1980765537
• ISBN 13: 9781980765530
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 95
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• Personne responsable: non disponible