| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-310) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Notes on contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; NOTES; CHAPTER 1 Shakespeare and humanistic culture; OVID; VIRGIL; PLAUTUS AND TERENCE; SENECA; PLUTARCH; GENERAL; GREEK ROMANCES; GREEK TRAGEDY; CHAPTER 15 'The English Homer': Shakespeare, Longinus, and English 'neo-classicism'; CHAPTER 16 'There is no end but addition': the later reception of Shakespeare's classicism; Select bibliography; 1. REFERENCE; 2. GENERAL; 3. SHAKESPEARE AND ROME; 4. INDIVIDUAL ANCIENT POETS; 5. INDIVIDUAL PLAYS; Index. |
| Summary |
Shakespeare and the Classics demonstrates that the classics are of central importance in Shakespeare's plays and in the structure of his imagination. Written by an international team of Shakespeareans and classicists, this book offers the most rounded and comprehensive treatment of Shakespeare's classicism currently available. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Literature.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Literature. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Greece.
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Greece. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge and learning -- Rome.
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Classicism -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Classicism. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Martindale, Charles.
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Taylor, A. B. (Albert Booth)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shakespeare and the classics. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2004 (DLC) 2004040405 |
| ISBN |
051121281X |
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9780511212819 |
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9780511211041 |
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051121104X |
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9780521823456 (hardback) |
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0521823455 (hardback) |
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0511214626 (electronic book) |
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9780511214622 (electronic book) |
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0511216416 (electronic book) |
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9780511216411 (electronic book) |
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9780511315237 (ebook) |
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0511315236 (ebook) |
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9780511483769 (ebook) |
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0511483767 (ebook) |
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1280540869 |
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9781280540868 |
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051121104X |
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0521823455 (hardback) |
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