Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140434613
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
In this collection each play is accompanied by notes and an introduction, making this edition of particular value to students and theatre-goers.
Three Roman Plays
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140434613
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
In this collection each play is accompanied by notes and an introduction, making this edition of particular value to students and theatre-goers.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780140434613
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
In this collection each play is accompanied by notes and an introduction, making this edition of particular value to students and theatre-goers.
Three Roman Plays
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417704026
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
While "Julius Caesar" and "Coriolanus" are concentrated on the city of Rome, the epic love affair of "Antony and Cleopatra" extends across the Empire. Each of these plays is profoundly concerned with political action, with the relation between the political and the personal. Shakespeare, like Plutarch, closely scrutinizes his heroes and compels us to question what sort of men they are.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417704026
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
While "Julius Caesar" and "Coriolanus" are concentrated on the city of Rome, the epic love affair of "Antony and Cleopatra" extends across the Empire. Each of these plays is profoundly concerned with political action, with the relation between the political and the personal. Shakespeare, like Plutarch, closely scrutinizes his heroes and compels us to question what sort of men they are.
Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre
Author: George Harrison
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004245456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
Drawing on insights from various disciplines (philology, archaeology, art) as well as from performance and reception studies, this volume shows how a heightened awareness of performance can enhance our appreciation of Greek and Roman theatre.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004245456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
Drawing on insights from various disciplines (philology, archaeology, art) as well as from performance and reception studies, this volume shows how a heightened awareness of performance can enhance our appreciation of Greek and Roman theatre.
Shakespeare's Roman Trilogy
Author: Paul A. Cantor
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646251X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Paul A. Cantor first probed Shakespeare’s Roman plays—Coriolanus, Julius Caeser, and Antony and Cleopatra—in his landmark Shakespeare’s Rome (1976). With Shakespeare’s Roman Trilogy, he now argues that these plays form an integrated trilogy that portrays the tragedy not simply of their protagonists but of an entire political community. Cantor analyzes the way Shakespeare chronicles the rise and fall of the Roman Republic and the emergence of the Roman Empire. The transformation of the ancient city into a cosmopolitan empire marks the end of the era of civic virtue in antiquity, but it also opens up new spiritual possibilities that Shakespeare correlates with the rise of Christianity and thus the first stirrings of the medieval and the modern worlds. More broadly, Cantor places Shakespeare’s plays in a long tradition of philosophical speculation about Rome, with special emphasis on Machiavelli and Nietzsche, two thinkers who provide important clues on how to read Shakespeare’s works. In a pathbreaking chapter, he undertakes the first systematic comparison of Shakespeare and Nietzsche on Rome, exploring their central point of contention: Did Christianity corrupt the Roman Empire or was the corruption of the Empire the precondition of the rise of Christianity? Bringing Shakespeare into dialogue with other major thinkers about Rome, Shakespeare’s Roman Trilogy reveals the true profundity of the Roman Plays.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646251X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Paul A. Cantor first probed Shakespeare’s Roman plays—Coriolanus, Julius Caeser, and Antony and Cleopatra—in his landmark Shakespeare’s Rome (1976). With Shakespeare’s Roman Trilogy, he now argues that these plays form an integrated trilogy that portrays the tragedy not simply of their protagonists but of an entire political community. Cantor analyzes the way Shakespeare chronicles the rise and fall of the Roman Republic and the emergence of the Roman Empire. The transformation of the ancient city into a cosmopolitan empire marks the end of the era of civic virtue in antiquity, but it also opens up new spiritual possibilities that Shakespeare correlates with the rise of Christianity and thus the first stirrings of the medieval and the modern worlds. More broadly, Cantor places Shakespeare’s plays in a long tradition of philosophical speculation about Rome, with special emphasis on Machiavelli and Nietzsche, two thinkers who provide important clues on how to read Shakespeare’s works. In a pathbreaking chapter, he undertakes the first systematic comparison of Shakespeare and Nietzsche on Rome, exploring their central point of contention: Did Christianity corrupt the Roman Empire or was the corruption of the Empire the precondition of the rise of Christianity? Bringing Shakespeare into dialogue with other major thinkers about Rome, Shakespeare’s Roman Trilogy reveals the true profundity of the Roman Plays.
Julius Caesar
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Castrovilli Giuseppe
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher: Castrovilli Giuseppe
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Shakespeare's English and Roman History Plays
Author: Paul N. Siegel
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838632512
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Examines Shakespearean drama's Christian overtones, explaining why they have been ignored for so long and how those overtones can influence one's interpretation of Shakespeare's work.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838632512
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Examines Shakespearean drama's Christian overtones, explaining why they have been ignored for so long and how those overtones can influence one's interpretation of Shakespeare's work.
The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
"The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus" by William Shakespeare is a gripping and intense drama that explores themes of revenge, betrayal, and the destructive consequences of violence. Set in ancient Rome, the play follows the tragic downfall of the noble general Titus Andronicus and his family as they become embroiled in a cycle of vengeance and bloodshed. At the heart of the story is the brutal conflict between Titus Andronicus and Tamora, Queen of the Goths, whose sons are executed by Titus as retribution for their crimes. In retaliation, Tamora and her lover, Aaron the Moor, orchestrate a series of heinous acts of revenge against Titus and his family, plunging them into a spiral of madness and despair. As the body count rises and the atrocities escalate, Titus is consumed by grief and rage, leading to a climactic showdown that culminates in a shocking and tragic conclusion. Along the way, Shakespeare explores themes of honor, justice, and the nature of humanity, offering a searing indictment of the cycle of violence and the capacity for cruelty that lies within us all.
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
"The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus" by William Shakespeare is a gripping and intense drama that explores themes of revenge, betrayal, and the destructive consequences of violence. Set in ancient Rome, the play follows the tragic downfall of the noble general Titus Andronicus and his family as they become embroiled in a cycle of vengeance and bloodshed. At the heart of the story is the brutal conflict between Titus Andronicus and Tamora, Queen of the Goths, whose sons are executed by Titus as retribution for their crimes. In retaliation, Tamora and her lover, Aaron the Moor, orchestrate a series of heinous acts of revenge against Titus and his family, plunging them into a spiral of madness and despair. As the body count rises and the atrocities escalate, Titus is consumed by grief and rage, leading to a climactic showdown that culminates in a shocking and tragic conclusion. Along the way, Shakespeare explores themes of honor, justice, and the nature of humanity, offering a searing indictment of the cycle of violence and the capacity for cruelty that lies within us all.
Antony & Cleopatra
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
CLASSICS Three Roman Plays
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages :
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Rome and the Mysterious Orient
Author: Plautus
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520242750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520242750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
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