Julius Caesar

by Hartley, Andrew James

• ISBN13: 9781474220385
• ISBN10: 147422038X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-10-20
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare

Summary

This volume offers a practical, accessible and thought-provoking guide to this Roman tragedy, surveying its major themes and critical reception. It also provides a detailed and up-to-date history of the play's performance, beginning with its earliest known staging in 1599, including an analysis of the 2013 film Caesar Must Die starring Italian inmates, and an assessment of why the play is now coming back into vogue on stage. Moving through to four new critical essays, it opens up cutting-edge perspectives on the work, and finishes with a guide to pedagogical approaches by the experienced teacher and leading academic Jeremy Lopez.

Detailing web-based and production-related resources, and including an annotated bibliography of critical works, the guide will equip teachers and facilitate students' understanding of this challenging play.

Author Biography

Andrew James Hartley is Robinson Professor of Shakespeare studies at UNC Charlotte, USA and is the author of The Shakespearean Dramaturg, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare and Political Theatre and the editor of Shakespeare on the University Stage as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. From 2003 to 2013, he was the general editor of Shakespeare Bulletin.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction (Series Editors Andrew Hiscock & Lisa Hopkins)

Julius Caesar Timeline (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)

Introduction (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)

The Critical Backstory (Daniel Cadman, Sheffield Hallam University, UK)

Performance History (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)

The State of the Art (Domenico Lovascio, University of Genoa, Italy)

New Directions
Julius Caesar and Theatrical Politics (Coppelia Kahn, Brown University)

Nietzsche's Caesar: Striking Our Debt to Moral Tragedy (Todd Landon Barnes, Ramapo College, USA)

The Ambivalence of Julius Caesar (John Curran, Marquette University, USA)

The Death of the Roman Republic: Julius Caesar and Cicero (Warren Chernaik, King's College, London, UK)

Resources (Jeremy Lopez, University of Toronto, Canada)