Synopses & Reviews
Compiled by an international team of Shakespeareans and classicists, this study investigates Shakespeare's classicism and demonstrates how he used a variety of classical books to explore such crucial areas of human experience as love, politics, ethics, and history. It offers a comprehensive analysis of Shakespeare's classicism that will also serve as a useful introduction for students and others approaching the subject for the first time.
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This 2004 book offers a rounded and comprehensive treatment of Shakespeare's classicism.
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This book demonstrates that the classics are of central importance in Shakespeare's plays and in the structure of his imagination.