Author

Publication

2018 - Edinburgh University Press

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781474427456
  • ISBN-101474427456
  • OCLC Control Number1032647207
  • Better World Books9781474427456
  • Better World BooksKT-685-193
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPR2976
  • LCCPR3069.R6 G73 2019

Description

"Shakespeare and the fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome. In Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare shows Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. Why did Rome degenerate into an autocracy? Alternating between ruthless competition, Stoicism, Epicureanism and self-indulgent fantasies, Rome as Shakespeare sees it is inevitably bound for civil war."--Page 4, cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil WarEdinburgh University Press2018-01-01

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