Shakespeare and the fall of the Roman Republic : selfhood, stoicism and civil war / Patrick Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Patrick, 1978- author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.

Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche.

Contents:

Introduction: Shakespeare and the vulnerable self

Part I. Julius Caesar

"A beast without a heart": Pietas and pity in Julius Caesar

"The northern star": Constancy and passibility in Julius Caesar

Conclusion to Part 1: Shakespeare's Passion play

Part II. Antony and Cleopatra

"The high Roman fashion": Suicide and Stoicism in Antony and Cleopatra

"A spacious mirror": Interpellation and the other in Antony and Cleopatra

Conclusion to Part II: The last interpellation

Conclusion: Between humanism and antihumanism.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021).

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

9781474427470

1474427472

9781474427487

1474427480

OCLC:

1312726985

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access