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Shakespeare's Rome: Republic and Empire
Paul A. Cantor
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139. .
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 can be profitably studied in the context of the classical republican tradition in political philosophy. In Shakespeare's Rome, Cantor examines the political settings of Shakespeare's ... Read more
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 can be profitably studied in the context of the classical republican tradition in political philosophy. In Shakespeare's Rome, Cantor examines the political settings of Shakespeare's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226468952
SKU
V9780226468952
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About Paul A. Cantor
Paul A. Cantor is the Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Shakespeare's Roman Trilogy: The Twilight of the Ancient World, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and the Hamlet volume in the Cambridge Landmarks of World Literature Series.
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