The End of the Ancient Republic: Shakespeare's Julius CaesarWhile recent criticism of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar has stressed the corruption of both the common people and the Republic's enemies within the patrician class, this book argues that at the core of the play lies the less obvious but more important corruption of the regime's leading defenders, particularly Brutus. |
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... Rome in literature . I. Title . PR2808.B55 822.3'3 - dc20 1992 92-13744 CIP ISBN 0-8476-7760-5 ( pbk .: alk . paper ) Printed in the United States of America TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ...
... Rome in literature . I. Title . PR2808.B55 822.3'3 - dc20 1992 92-13744 CIP ISBN 0-8476-7760-5 ( pbk .: alk . paper ) Printed in the United States of America TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ...
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... and the End of Republican Rome : Act I , scene i 21 Three Politics and the Ethics of Intention : Brutus ' Glorious Failure 39 Four Caesar's Ambiguous End 63 Index 93 Preface THESE ESSAYS OFFER AN INTERPRETATION OF JULIUS CAESAR ,
... and the End of Republican Rome : Act I , scene i 21 Three Politics and the Ethics of Intention : Brutus ' Glorious Failure 39 Four Caesar's Ambiguous End 63 Index 93 Preface THESE ESSAYS OFFER AN INTERPRETATION OF JULIUS CAESAR ,
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... Rome rested on two related conditions — internecine war between the city's nobles and common people and external war between Rome and the world beyond her borders . But as Rome's domestic strife allowed or perhaps compelled her to ...
... Rome rested on two related conditions — internecine war between the city's nobles and common people and external war between Rome and the world beyond her borders . But as Rome's domestic strife allowed or perhaps compelled her to ...
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... Rome is defined chiefly by opposition . Honoring , as it does , manliness , war and conquest , it proves to be essentially akin to what it spiritedly opposes . While the Republic's leading defenders " all stand up against the spirit of ...
... Rome is defined chiefly by opposition . Honoring , as it does , manliness , war and conquest , it proves to be essentially akin to what it spiritedly opposes . While the Republic's leading defenders " all stand up against the spirit of ...
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