New Heaven, New Earth: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

By Jan H. Blits

Book Overview

New Heaven, New Earth is a philosophical study ofAntony and Cleopatra. Showing that the play is as much a history play as a love story, it closely examines Shakespeare's presentation of the transition from the pagan to the Christian world-from the aftermath of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the decline of the pagan gods to the emergence of the Roman Empire and the conditions giving rise to Christianity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739138235
• ISBN13: 9780739138236
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"