| Description |
xii, 213 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Oxford English monographs |
|
Oxford English monographs.
|
| Contents |
1. Constant Romans -- 2. Cicero and the Roman Actors -- 3. Seneca and the Stoic Hero -- 4. Constancy and Opinion: Renaissance Neostoicism -- 5. Montaigne and the Profitable but Absurd Desire -- 6. A Constancy Triptych: North's Plutarch and the Roman Plays -- 7. 'Untired Spirits and Formal Constancy': Julius Caesar -- 8. 'I Play the Man I Am': Coriolanus -- 9. 'Infinite Variety': Antony and Cleopatra |
| Summary |
This study traces the qualities of constancy and virtue displayed by Shakespeare's Roman characters back to the origins of Stoicism as shaped by Roman writers and playwrights |
| Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--Oxford, 1987 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge
|
|
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar.
|
|
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra.
|
|
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus.
|
| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
|
Shakespeare, William. swd |
|
Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William) fast |
|
Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William) fast |
|
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, William) fast |
| Subject |
Constancy in literature.
|
|
Historical drama, English -- History and criticism
|
|
English drama -- Roman influences
|
|
Stoics in literature.
|
|
Virtue in literature.
|
|
Tragedy.
|
|
Historical drama, English -- History and criticism
|
|
English drama -- roman influences
|
|
tragedies.
|
|
tragedy (general genre)
|
|
Constancy in literature
|
|
English drama -- Roman influences
|
|
Historical drama, English
|
|
Literature
|
|
Stoics in literature
|
|
Tragedy
|
|
Virtue in literature
|
|
Römerdrama
|
|
Romeinen (volk)
|
|
Stoa.
|
|
Deugden.
|
|
Het Constante.
|
| SUBJECT |
Rome -- In literature
|
| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
|
| Genre/Form |
Tragedy
|
|
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
019811771X |
|
9780198117711 |
|
9780191671050 |
|
0191671053 |
|
