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1 online resource (321 pages). |
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| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy |
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Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
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Conclusion: Between Humanism and AntihumanismBibliography; Index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 279-308). |
| Summary |
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. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Rome.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- History.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. (OCoLC)fst00029048
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- North.
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History. (OCoLC)fst00958235
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Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gray, Patrick. Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic : Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2018 9781474427456 |
| ISBN |
9781474427470 (electronic book) |
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1474427472 (electronic book) |
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