ISBN-13: 9780393932638 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str.
ISBN-13: 9780393932638 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str.
"Sources and Contexts" presents possible sources as well as analogues toJulius Caesar, an account of Shakespeare's understanding of and approach to Roman history, and Ernest Schanzer's study of the narrative challenges posed by the play. "Criticism" includes early commentary--by, among others, Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, and Harley Granville-Barker--onJulius Caesar as well as modern interpretations. Among these are John W. Velz on role-playing in Julius Caesar; Jan H. Blits on Caesar's ambiguous end; Paul A. Cantor on rhetoric, poetry and the Roman republic; and R. A. Foakes on the themes of assassination and mob violence. "Performance History" reprints accounts of various aspects of stagingJulius Caesar by Sidney Homan, John Nettles, and Robert F. Willson, Jr A Film Bibliography and Selected Bibliography are also included