William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

by Kenneth Parker

Kenneth Parker gives a historical and critical exposition of commentaries of the play. These are traced back to firmly held assumptions, about theories of literary production and consumption as well as political relations, not yet wholly shed in the present. Dominant traditions (of Cleopatra as 'whore' and 'gypsy'; of Antony as 'deserter'; of 'Rome' as the measure by which it, as well as 'Egypt' should be read) are not simply questioned, but instead,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746311400
• ISBN13: 9780746311400
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"