Selection of some of the most innovative and influential critics writing on Shakespeare and an overview of a play that has been cited more than almost any other in contemporary literary theory
RICHARD WILSON is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Lancaster and Visiting Professor of Shakespeare at The Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III). He is the author of
Will Power: Essays in Shakespearean Authority and a study of
Julius Caesar and has edited collections on
New Historicism and Renaissance Drama and
Christopher Marlow.
Julius Caesar: A New Casebook provides students and academics with a selection of important essays by leading contemporary critics on Shakespeare's first "Globe" play. New historicist, feminist, psychoanalytic and Marxist readings of the tragedy have been chosen to highlight the urgency with which this drama of prophecy, interpretation and political crisis speaks to twenty-first century concerns about democracy, the media and mass communication.|
Julius Caesar: A New Casebook provides students and academics with a selection of important essays by leading contemporary critics on Shakespeare's first "Globe" play. New historicist, feminist, psychoanalytic and Marxist readings of the tragedy have been chosen to highlight the urgency with which this drama of prophecy, interpretation and political crisis speaks to twenty-first century concerns about democracy, the media and mass communication.
Acknowledgements.- General Editors' Preface.- Introduction.- The Crisis of the Aristocracy in
Julius Caesar;
W. Rebhorn.- 'Is this a holiday?': Shakespeare's Roman Carnival;
R. Wilson.- 'Fashion it thus':
Julius Caesar and the Politics of Theatrical Representation;
J. Drakakis.- The Roman Actor:
Julius Caesar;
J. Goldberg.- Collective Violence and Sacrifice in
Julius Caesar;
R. Girard.- 'Thou Bleeding Piece of Earth': The Ritual Ground of
Julius Caesar;
N. Con Liebler.- 'In the spirit of men there is no blood': Blood as Trope of Gender in
Julius Caesar;
G. Kern Paster.- Portia's Wound, Calphurnia's Dream: Reading Character in
Julius Caesar;
C. Marshall.- Bardicide;
G. Taylor.- Vicissitudes of the Public Sphere:
Julius Caesar;
R. Halpern.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.
Julius Caesar: A New Casebook provides students and academics with a selection of important essays by leading contemporary critics on Shakespeare's first "Globe" play.
Acknowledgements.- General Editors' Preface.- Introduction.- The Crisis of the Aristocracy in
Julius Caesar;
W. Rebhorn.- 'Is this a holiday?': Shakespeare's Roman Carnival;
R. Wilson.- 'Fashion it thus':
Julius Caesar and the Politics of Theatrical Representation;
J. Drakakis.- The Roman Actor:
Julius Caesar;
J. Goldberg.- Collective Violence and Sacrifice in
Julius Caesar;
R. Girard.- 'Thou Bleeding Piece of Earth': The Ritual Ground of
Julius Caesar;
N. Con Liebler.- 'In the spirit of men there is no blood': Blood as Trope of Gender in
Julius Caesar;
G. Kern Paster.- Portia's Wound, Calphurnia's Dream: Reading Character in
Julius Caesar;
C. Marshall.- Bardicide;
G. Taylor.- Vicissitudes of the Public Sphere:
Julius Caesar;
R. Halpern.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.
Über den Autor
RICHARD WILSON is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Lancaster and Visiting Professor of Shakespeare at The Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III). He is the author of Will Power: Essays in Shakespearean Authority and a study of Julius Caesar and has edited collections on New Historicism and Renaissance Drama and Christopher Marlow.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements.- General Editors' Preface.- Introduction.- The Crisis of the Aristocracy in Julius Caesar; W. Rebhorn.- 'Is this a holiday?': Shakespeare's Roman Carnival; R. Wilson.- 'Fashion it thus': Julius Caesar and the Politics of Theatrical Representation; J. Drakakis.- The Roman Actor: Julius Caesar; J. Goldberg.- Collective Violence and Sacrifice in Julius Caesar; R. Girard.- 'Thou Bleeding Piece of Earth': The Ritual Ground of Julius Caesar; N. Con Liebler.- 'In the spirit of men there is no blood': Blood as Trope of Gender in Julius Caesar; G. Kern Paster.- Portia's Wound, Calphurnia's Dream: Reading Character in Julius Caesar; C. Marshall.- Bardicide; G. Taylor.- Vicissitudes of the Public Sphere: Julius Caesar; R. Halpern.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.
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Julius Caesar: A New Casebook provides students and academics with a selection of important essays by leading contemporary critics on Shakespeare's first "Globe" play. New historicist, feminist, psychoanalytic and Marxist readings of the tragedy have been chosen to highlight the urgency with which this drama of prophecy, interpretation and political crisis speaks to twenty-first century concerns about democracy, the media and mass communication.
Selection of some of the most innovative and influential critics writing on Shakespeare and an overview of a play that has been cited more than almost any other in contemporary literary theory
