Rome and rhetoric : Shakespeare's Julius Caesar /
Wills, Garry, 1934-
Rome and rhetoric : Shakespeare's Julius Caesar / Garry Wills. - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (186 pages) - The Anthony Hecht lectures in the humanities . - Anthony Hecht lectures in the humanities. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Caesar: mighty yet -- Brutus: rhetoric verbal and visual -- Antony: the fox knows many things -- Cassius: parallel lives.
Renaissance plays and poetry in England were saturated with the formal rhetorical twists that Latin education made familiar to audiences and readers. Yet a formally educated man like Ben Jonson was unable to make these ornaments come to life in his two classical Roman plays. Garry Wills, focusing his attention on Julius Caesar, here demonstrates how Shakespeare so wonderfully made these ancient devices vivid, giving his characters their own personal styles of Roman speech. Shakespeare also makes Rome present and animate by casting his troupe of experienced players to make their strengths shine through the historical facts that Plutarch supplied him with. The result is that the Rome English-speaking people carry about in their minds is the Rome that Shakespeare created for them. And that is even true, Wills affirms, for today's classical scholars with access to the original Roman sources.--From publisher description.
9780300178494 (electronic bk.) 0300178492 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt5q9vj8 JSTOR 5FE53068-14F7-4E50-A66C-4F01A5BAC197 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar.
Caesar, Julius--In literature.
Caesar, Julius.
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William)
Rhetoric, Renaissance.
Rhétorique de la Renaissance.
DRAMA--Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Shakespeare.
Literature.
Rhetoric, Renaissance.
Rome--In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PR2808 / .W58 2011eb
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Rome and rhetoric : Shakespeare's Julius Caesar / Garry Wills. - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (186 pages) - The Anthony Hecht lectures in the humanities . - Anthony Hecht lectures in the humanities. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Caesar: mighty yet -- Brutus: rhetoric verbal and visual -- Antony: the fox knows many things -- Cassius: parallel lives.
Renaissance plays and poetry in England were saturated with the formal rhetorical twists that Latin education made familiar to audiences and readers. Yet a formally educated man like Ben Jonson was unable to make these ornaments come to life in his two classical Roman plays. Garry Wills, focusing his attention on Julius Caesar, here demonstrates how Shakespeare so wonderfully made these ancient devices vivid, giving his characters their own personal styles of Roman speech. Shakespeare also makes Rome present and animate by casting his troupe of experienced players to make their strengths shine through the historical facts that Plutarch supplied him with. The result is that the Rome English-speaking people carry about in their minds is the Rome that Shakespeare created for them. And that is even true, Wills affirms, for today's classical scholars with access to the original Roman sources.--From publisher description.
9780300178494 (electronic bk.) 0300178492 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt5q9vj8 JSTOR 5FE53068-14F7-4E50-A66C-4F01A5BAC197 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar.
Caesar, Julius--In literature.
Caesar, Julius.
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William)
Rhetoric, Renaissance.
Rhétorique de la Renaissance.
DRAMA--Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Shakespeare.
Literature.
Rhetoric, Renaissance.
Rome--In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PR2808 / .W58 2011eb
822.3/3