What Shakespeare Stole from Rome

ISBN-13: 9781788748483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 186 str.

Brian Arkins

Opis

This book analyses the relationship between Ancient Rome and Shakespeare across his histories, tragedies and comedies.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Shakespeare's Knowledge of Classics - Reading Roman History - The Impact of Heavy Seneca - The Impact of Light Plautus - The Pervasive Presence of Ovid - The Matter of Virgil - The Uses of Latin - Greek Themes in Shakespeare.

O autorze

Brian Arkins is Professor Emeritus of Classics at NUI, Galway. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, and at University College, Dublin, where he obtained an MA in Classics and a PhD in Latin. His books include three on Latin poetry and four on Greek and Roman themes in Irish Literature.