{"product_id":"julius-caesar-1599-9781554810505","title":"Julius Caesar (1599)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e is a key link between Shakespeare’s histories and his tragedies. Unlike the Caesar drawn by Plutarch in a source text, Shakespeare’s \u003cem\u003eCaesar\u003c\/em\u003e is surprisingly modern: vulnerable and imperfect, a powerful man who does not always know himself. The open-ended structure of the play insists that revealing events will continue after the play ends, making the significance of the history we have just witnessed impossible to determine in the play itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Cox’s introduction discusses issues of genre, characterization, and rhetoric, while also providing a detailed history of criticism of the play. Appendices provide excerpts from important related works by Lucretius, Plutarch, and Montaigne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collaboration between Broadview Press and the Internet Shakespeare Editions project at the University of Victoria, the editions developed for this series have been comprehensively annotated and draw on the authoritative texts newly edited for the ISE. This innovative series allows readers to access extensive and reliable online resources linked to the print edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“John Cox’s edition of \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e is very user-friendly—it has copious and concise explanatory notes, generous selections from Shakespeare’s sources, and a critical introduction that does a remarkable job of highlighting the main lines of interpreting the play over the centuries.” — Paul A. Cantor, Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English, University of Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eSHAKESPEARE’S LIFE\u003cbr\u003eSHAKESPEARE’S THEATRE\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND \u003cem\u003eJULIUS CAESAR\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eA BRIEF CHRONOLOGY\u003cbr\u003eA NOTE ON THE TEXTS\u003cbr\u003eCHARACTERS IN THE PLAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJULIUS CAESAR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX A: PLUTARCH’S LIVES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eLife of Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eLife of Brutus\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eLife of Marcus Antonius\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX B: MONTAIGNE ON STOICISM AND EPICUREANISM\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770294108503,"sku":"9781554810505","price":16.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781554810505.jpg?v=1758725047","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/julius-caesar-1599-9781554810505","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}