216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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This new examination of Shakespeare’s four Roman tragedies ( Julius Caesar , Titus Andronicus , Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra ) revisits Shakespeare’s dramatic recreations of ancient Rome in the light of considerations of place:
the places from which Shakespeare initiated his imaginative reconstructions, where plays are written and performed
the places he constructed within the... Read more
Acknowledgments
Prologue: A Journey through Londinium
Introduction: A Place Calling itself Rome
1. Julius Caesar: The Ruins of Rome.
2. Titus Andronicus: The Place of the Classical.
3. Coriolanus: Knowing Your Place.
4. Antony and Cleopatra: ‘All the world is Rome’.
Epilogue: The Name of Rome
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Graham Holderness is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
