Shakespeare and the Classics
β Charles Martindale, A. B. Taylor
π Library
π
2004
π English
β¦ LIBER β¦
π
Shakespeare and the classics
β Scribed by Shakespeare, William; Martindale, Charles; Taylor, Albert Booth; Shakespeare, William
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 335
- Category
- Library
β¬ Acquire This Volume
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Shakespeare and the Classics demonstrates that the classics are of central importance in Shakespeare's plays and in the structure of his imagination. Written by an international team of Shakespeareans and classicists, this book offers the most rounded and comprehensive treatment of Shakespeare's classicism currently available.
Abstract:
This book demonstrates that the classics are of central importance in Shakespeare's plays and in the structure of his imagination. Read more...
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Notes on contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
NOTES
CHAPTER 1 Shakespeare and humanistic culture
OVID
VIRGIL
PLAUTUS AND TERENCE
SENECA
PLUTARCH
GENERAL
GREEK ROMANCES
GREEK TRAGEDY
CHAPTER 15 'The English Homer': Shakespeare, Longinus, and English 'neo-classicism'
CHAPTER 16 'There is no end but addition': the later reception of Shakespeare's classicism
Select bibliography
1. REFERENCE
2. GENERAL
3. SHAKESPEARE AND ROME
4. INDIVIDUAL ANCIENT POETS
5. INDIVIDUAL PLAYS
Index.
β¦ Subjects
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Literature. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Greece. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Rome. Classicism -- England -- History -- 16th century. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare. DRAMA -- Shakespeare. Klassieke oudheid. L
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity
β Colin Burrow
π Library
π
2013
π Oxford University Press, USA
π English
OXFORD SHAKESPEARE TOPICS<br />General Editors: Peter Holland and Stanley Wells<br />Oxford Shakespeare Topics provide students and teachers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship. Each book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible styl
The Tempest (Shakespeare Classics)
β William Shakespeare
π Library
π
2004
π English
Romeo And Juliet (Shakespeare Classics)
β William Shakespeare
π Library
π
2003
π English
How the Classics Made Shakespeare
β Jonathan Bate
π Library
π
2019
π Princeton University Press
π English
From one of our most eminent and accessible literary critics, a groundbreaking account of how the Greek and Roman classics forged Shakespeareβs imagination Ben Jonson famously accused Shakespeare of having βsmall Latin and less Greek.β But he was exaggerating. Shakespeare was steeped in the class
How the Classics Made Shakespeare
β Bate, Jonathan;Shakespeare, William
π Library
π
2019
π Princeton University Press
π English
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments; Illustrations; 1 The Intelligence of Antiquity; 2 O'er- Picturing Venus; 3 Resemblance by Example; 4 Republica Anglorum; 5 Tragical- Comical- Historical- Pastoral; 6 S.P.Q.L.; 7 But What of Cicero?; 8 Pyrrhus's Pause; 9 The Go