Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the Dramatic Tradition

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7 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to Julius Caesar
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages371-398
Number of pages28
ISBN (Print)9781405149235
DOIs
StatePublished - May 5 2009

Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Arts and Humanities

Keywords

  • Caesar and Catiline - first of the three dramatized phases of Caesar's life, the events around the Catiline conspiracy
  • Caesar first appears on stage in a Latin tragedy and Julius Caesar, by the French scholar Marc Antoine Muret
  • Caesar in the Civil War - Pompey, Cleopatra, and Cato
  • Cicero knowing Caesar is guilty, but does not want to accuse him because he fears "To stir too many serpents up at once"
  • death of Julius Caesar - Shakespeare's forerunners
  • Muret ending with the ghost of Caesar announcing his translation to the heavens - Greévin ends with Mark Antony threatening revenge
  • Shakespeare - approaching the play from the perspective of Caesar in drama reveals how far Shakespeare recognized the same patterns
  • Shakespeare's - most influential play ever published on Caesar
  • Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the dramatic tradition
  • Thanks to Shakespeare - Caesar bleeds worldwide in sport, nothing in his life is as famous as his death, we are all haunted by Caesar's ghost

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