Roman Shakespeare : intersecting times, spaces, languages / [edited by] Daniela Guardamagna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Guardamagna, Daniela, 1951- editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cultural interactions ; v.42.

Cultural interactions: studies in the relationship between the arts ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--In literature.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Rome.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Historical drama, English--History and criticism.

Historical drama, English.

English drama--Roman influences.

English drama.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 233 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2018]

Summary:

"This book addresses the memory of Rome: the dialectic between the glorious historical past of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire and its echoes, representations and interpretations in the works of Shakespeare. The essays explore multiple layers of time and place in relation to Shakespearean plays: throughout the world (from Romania to Japan), through the centuries, in the arts (paintings, music) and in dramatic performances. Individual essays (by Michel Dobson, Peter Holland, Alessandro Serpieri, Richard Wilson, among others) address multiple aspects of the complex relationship between two countries (England and Italy) and two moments in time (Ancient Roman and the Early Modern periods). Essays include the analysis of less studied works (e.g. Cymbeline), rewritings of Roman narratives (e.g. Titus Andronicus and The Rape of Lucrece), modern enactments of Shakespearean performances around the world, the representation of the Shakespearean myths in Renaissance paintings, and the music accompanying the text of Roman plays"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From ancient Rome to early modern England and beyond / Daniela Guardamagna

Shakespeare's Rome and the emergence of national theatres / Michael Dobson

Seeing Shakespeare's Rome / Peter Holland

Caesar our contemporary : Shakespeare revisited in Rome / Marisa Sestito

Broken Coriolanus : T.S. Eliot's March on Rome / Richard Wilson

Plutarch and Julius Caesar : intertextuality in action / Alessandro Serpieri

The cultural shock of Titus Andronicus / Tommaso Continisio

Peripateia and recognition of diviness : Cymbeline / Piero Boitani

Visions of Lucrece : Shakespeare, Middleton and Renaissance art / Daniela Guardamagna

Music in the Roman plays / Giuliano Pascucci.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781787079670

1787079678

OCLC:

1035227353

Publisher Number:

40028714698