Author: Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The Tragedie of Claudius Tiberius Nero, Romes Greatest Tyrant
Author: The Elizabethan Stage
Author: Edmund Kerchever ChambersPublisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
Author: Warren ChernaikPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139499963
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
When Cleopatra expresses a desire to die 'after the high Roman fashion', acting in accordance with 'what's brave, what's noble', Shakespeare is suggesting that there are certain values that are characteristically Roman. The use of the terms 'Rome' and 'Roman' in Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra or Jonson's Sejanus often carry the implication that most people fail to live up to this ideal of conduct, that very few Romans are worthy of the name. In this book Chernaik demonstrates how, in these plays, Roman values are held up to critical scrutiny. The plays of Shakespeare, Jonson, Massinger and Chapman often present a much darker image of Rome, as exemplifying barbarism rather than civility. Through a comparative analysis of the Roman plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and including detailed discussion of the classical historians Livy, Tacitus and Plutarch, this study examines the uses of Roman history - 'the myth of Rome' - in Shakespeare's age.
The Plays and Poems of William Heminge
Author: William HemingsPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838640395
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Containing his complete works, this text offers a biography of William Heminge, the son of Shakespeare's colleague John Heminge. It also includes texts of his two surviving tragedies, and the small group of poems assigned to him in contemporary manuscripts.
The Book Collector's Guide
Author: Seymour de RicciPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Shakespeare and Republicanism
Author: Andrew HadfieldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139445412
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This groundbreaking work, first published in 2005, reveals exactly how Shakespeare was influenced by contemporary strands in political thought that were critical of the English crown and constitution. Shakespeare has often been seen as a conservative political thinker characterised by an over-riding fear of the 'mob'. Hadfield argues instead that Shakespeare's writing emerged out of an intellectual milieu fascinated by republican ideas. From the 1590s onwards, he explored republican themes in his poetry and plays: political assassination, elected government, alternative constitutions, and, perhaps most importantly of all, the problem of power without responsibility. Beginning with Shakespeare's apocalyptic representation of civil war in the Henry VI plays, Hadfield provides a series of powerful new readings of Shakespeare and his time. For anyone interested in Shakespeare and Renaissance culture, this book is required reading.
British Drama, 1533-1642: 1603-1608
Author: Martin WigginsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019871923X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Volume 3 covers the years 1590-1597 and sees the start of Shakespeare's career as a dramatist.
A List of English Plays Written Before 1643 and Printed Before 1700
Author: Walter Wilson GregPublisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Ben Jonson
Author: Anne BartonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521277488
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Anne Barton gives a reading of the plays that re-evaluates Ben Jonson as a dramatist.
Catalogue of the Miscellaneous Portion of the Barton Collection
Author: Boston Public Library. Barton CollectionPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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