The myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his contemporaries

Publication Data

• Title The myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his contemporaries
• Author Warren L. Chernaik
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

Contents

The Roman historians and the myth of Rome
The wronged Lucretian and the early Republic
Self-inflicted wounds
'Like a colossus' : Julius Caesar
Ben Jonson's Rome
O'erflowing the measure : Antony and Cleopatra
The city and the battlefield: Coriolanus
Tyranny and empire
Ancient Britons and Romans
Postscript : Shakespeare and the repbulican tradition.

Topics

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Historical drama, English :: History and criticism
• Rome :: In literature
• Rome

The myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his contemporaries by Warren L. Chernaik. ISBN 9780521196567. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.