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1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction: a Roman thought -- Roman historians and the myth of Rome -- The wronged Lucretia and the early republic -- Self-inflicted wounds -- 'Like a Colossus' : Julius Caesar -- Ben Jonson's Rome -- O'erflowing the measure : Antony and Cleopatra -- The city and the battlefield : Coriolanus -- Tyranny and empire -- Ancient Britons and Romans -- Postscript: Shakespeare and the republican tradition. |
| Summary |
Chernaik presents illuminating comparisons of Shakespeare's Roman plays with plays by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists including Jonson and Massinger. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. |
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Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640. |
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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634. |
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Rome -- In literature.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Historical drama, English -- History and criticism.
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Historical drama, English. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chernaik, Warren. Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries. Leiden : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9780521196567 |
| ISBN |
9781139082297 |
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1139082299 |
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9781139080026 (e-book) |
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1139080024 (e-book) |
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9780521196567 (hardback) |
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9781139077736 (electronic book) |
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1139077732 (electronic book) |
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0521196566 |
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