Shakespeare's Rome - Republic and Empire (Paperback, First Edition, Enlarged ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2017
Authors:	Paul A. Cantor
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
Edition:	First Edition, Enlarged ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-46895-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-226-46895-X
Barcode:	9780226468952

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