Shakespeare and the fall of the Roman Republic : selfhood, stoicism and civil war /
Patrick Gray.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021).. - Introduction: Shakespeare and the vulnerable self -- Part I. Julius Caesar -- "A beast without a heart": Pietas and pity in Julius Caesar -- "The northern star": Constancy and passibility in Julius Caesar -- Conclusion to Part 1: Shakespeare's Passion play -- Part II. Antony and Cleopatra -- "The high Roman fashion": Suicide and Stoicism in Antony and Cleopatra -- "A spacious mirror": Interpellation and the other in Antony and Cleopatra -- Conclusion to Part II: The last interpellation -- Conclusion: Between humanism and antihumanism.. - 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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| Emner | Shakespeare, William, , 1564-1616 - Criticism and interpretation.
Literature - History and criticism Literary Criticism / Shakespeare |
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| ISBN | 1-4744-2747-2. - 1-4744-2748-0
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