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Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War

Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome This book introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. It considers Shakespeare's place in the histo...

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Main Author: Gray, Patrick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2018
Subjects:
Thema Editeur::d Biography, Literature And Literary Studies::ds Literature: History And Criticism::dsa Literary Theory
Self
Antony And Cleopatra
Literary Theory / Bicssc
Stoicism
Civil War
Literature
Julius Caesar
Rome
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Summary:Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome This book introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. It considers Shakespeare's place in the history of concepts of selfhood and reflects on his sympathy for Christianity, in light of his reception of medieval Biblical drama, as well as his allusions to the New Testament. Shakespeare's critique of Romanitas anticipates concerns about secularisation, individualism and liberalism shared by philosophers such as Hannah Arendt, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel and Patrick Deneen.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
ISBN:9781474427470;9781474427487

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