Shakespeare's Roman Trilogy: The Twilight of the Ancient World

by Paul A. Cantor

Paul A. Cantor first probed Shakespeare's Roman plays--Coriolanus, Julius Caeser, and Antony and Cleopatra--in his landmark Shakespeare's Rome (1976). With Shakespeare's Roman Trilogy, he now argues that these plays form an integrated trilogy that portrays the tragedy not simply of their protagonists but of an entire political community.

Cantor analyzes the way Shakespeare chronicles the rise and fall of the Roman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022646251X
• ISBN13: 9780226462516
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"