Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic : Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War

Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome This book introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. It considers Shakespeare’s place in the history of...

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1. Verfasser:	Gray, Patrick
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antony and Cleopatra Biography, Literature and Literary studies civil war History Julius Caesar LITERARY CRITICISM Literary theory Literature Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory Literature: history and criticism Rome self Shakespeare Stoicism thema EDItEUR thema EDItEUR::D Biography
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Zusammenfassung:	Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome This book introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. It considers Shakespeare’s place in the history of concepts of selfhood and reflects on his sympathy for Christianity, in light of his reception of medieval Biblical drama, as well as his allusions to the New Testament. Shakespeare’s critique of Romanitas anticipates concerns about secularisation, individualism and liberalism shared by philosophers such as Hannah Arendt, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel and Patrick Deneen.