
Julius Caesar
Mary Hamer(Author)
Liverpool University Press
Will be published approx. on 6. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7463-0871-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Julius Caesar Shakespeare links the problem of treachery between Roman men with the institution of marriage, and with men's dissociation from women. He asked his first audience to recognise in the Rome that he represents features of the England in which they were living themselves: a state ruled by fear where the connection between keeping control over religious observance and maintaining the authority of the government was evident to all. This new reading offers an account of the historical figure of Caesar and of the Roman tradition that he has come to represent, while throwing Shakespeare's own scepticism about the heritage of Rome into relief. Approaches drawn from object relations theory and from cultural history are combined with a sense of the work in performance to develop a detailed close reading of the language and of the interactions of the play.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7463-0871-4 (9780746308714)
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Person
Mary Hamer is a Fellow of the DuBois Institute, Harvard. She has published widely on literary and cultural history including work on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Anthony Trollope and Cleopatra. She was involved in curating the British Museum's exhibition on Cleopatra and has appeared on Woman's Hour.