Julius Caesar : a critical reader / edited by Andrew James Hartley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hartley, Anw James, editor.

Series:

Arden early modern drama.

Arden early modern drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.

Caesar, Julius--Drama.

Caesar, Julius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages).

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, 2020.

Summary:

This volume offers a practical, accessible and thought-provoking guide to 'Julius Caesar', surveying its major themes and critical reception. It also provides a detailed and up-to-date history of the play's performance, beginning with its earliest known staging in 1599, including an analysis of the 2013 film 'Caesar Must Die' starring Italian inmates, and an assessment of why the play is now coming back into vogue on stage.

Contents:

Series Introduction (Series Editors Andrew Hiscock & Lisa Hopkins)

Julius Caesar Timeline (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)

Introduction (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)

The Critical Backstory (Daniel Cadman, Sheffield Hallam University, UK)

Performance History (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)

The State of the Art (Domenico Lovascio, University of Genoa, Italy)

New Directions

Julius Caesar, Ovidian Transformation and the Martyred Body on the Early Modern Stage (Lisa S. Starks-Estes,University of South Florida St. Petersburg, UK)

Nietzsche's Caesar : Striking Our Debt to Moral Tragedy (Todd Landon Barnes, Ramapo College, USA)

The Ambivalence of Julius Caesar (John Curran, Marquette University, USA)

The Death of the Roman Republic: Julius Caesar and Cicero (Warren Chernaik, King's College, London, UK)

Notes:

Timeline: p. [xi]-xiv

Bibliography: p. [261]-277

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

ISBN:

1-78684-185-1

1-4742-2040-1

1-4742-2039-8

OCLC:

1201426901