The Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

by Warren Chernaik

Book Overview

When Cleopatra expresses a desire to die 'after the high Roman fashion', acting in accordance with 'what's brave, what's noble', Shakespeare is suggesting that there are certain values that are characteristically Roman. The use of the terms 'Rome' and 'Roman' in Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, or Jonson's Sejanus often carry the implication that most people fail to live up to this ideal of conduct, that very few Romans are worthy of the name...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521196566
• ISBN13: 9780521196567
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"