Shakespeare's Rome: Republic and Empire

by Paul A. Cantor

Book Overview

For more than forty years, Paul Cantor's Shakespeare's Rome has been a foundational work in the field of politics and literature. While many critics assumed that the Roman plays do not reflect any special knowledge of Rome, Cantor was one of the first to argue that they are grounded in a profound understanding of the Roman regime and its changes over time. Taking Shakespeare seriously as a political thinker, Cantor suggests that his Roman plays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022646895X
• ISBN13: 9780226468952
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"