Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Promptbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Coriolanus
Author: William ShakespearePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Promptbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Shakespeare's Rome
Author: Paul A. CantorPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022646895X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
For more than forty years, Paul Cantor’s Shakespeare’s Rome has been a foundational work in the field of politics and literature. While many critics assumed that the Roman plays do not reflect any special knowledge of Rome, Cantor was one of the first to argue that they are grounded in a profound understanding of the Roman regime and its changes over time. Taking Shakespeare seriously as a political thinker, Cantor suggests that his Roman plays can be profitably studied in the context of the classical republican tradition in political philosophy. In Shakespeare’s Rome, Cantor examines the political settings of Shakespeare’s Roman plays, Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra, with references as well to Julius Caesar. Cantor shows that Shakespeare presents a convincing portrait of Rome in different eras of its history, contrasting the austere republic of Coriolanus, with its narrow horizons and martial virtues, and the cosmopolitan empire of Antony and Cleopatra, with its “immortal longings” and sophistication bordering on decadence.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe
Author: Henry HallamThe Monarchies of Continental Europe. Italy, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day
Author: John Stevens Cabot ABBOTTPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
English Shakespeares
Author: Peter HollandPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521564762
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
As a regular reviewer for Shakespeare Survey and the BBC, Holland has examined the variety, the strengths and the problems of English productions. His introductory chapter points to themes which are taken up in the detailed accounts that follow: the size and scale of different theatres, the difficulties of over-familiarity, the power of director's theatre, the possibilities of design, the excitement of new actors, the discoveries of regionalism and the variety of playing spaces in which Shakespeare is performed. The main part of the book is a chronological account of productions which charts the work of several English companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, Northern Broadsides and the English Shakespeare Company. A final chapter compares the English experience with productions elsewhere, including America, France, Germany and Russia.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries by Henry Hallam
Author: Our European Ancestors
Author: Eva March TappanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Coriolanus" in Europe
Author: David DaniellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781472553928
Category : Generals in literature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries
Author: Henry HallamThe Cambridge Shakespeare Guide
Author: Emma SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521195233
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
An indispensable reference tool for Shakespeare students and enthusiasts, this compact guide provides authoritative summaries of each of Shakespeare's works.