{"product_id":"what-shakespeare-stole-from-rome-9781788748483","title":"What Shakespeare Stole From Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Shakespeare Stole From Rome\u003c\/em\u003e analyses the multiple ways Shakespeare used material from Roman history and Latin poetry in his plays and poems. Three important tragedies deal with the history of the Roman Republic: \u003cem\u003eCoriolanus, Julius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/em\u003e. From the tragedies of Seneca, Shakespeare took the theme of evil in the ruler, as in Richard III and Macbeth. The comedies of Plautus lie behind the early play \u003cem\u003eThe Comedy of Errors\u003c\/em\u003e. From Ovid, Shakespeare took nearly all his Greek mythology, as in the miniature epic \u003cem\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/em\u003e. Shakespeare, who knew Latin very well, introduced some 600 new Latin-based words into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS: Shakespeare’s Knowledge of Classics - Reading Roman History - The Impact of Heavy Seneca - The Impact of Light Plautus - The Pervasive Presence of Ovid - The Matter of Virgil - The Uses of Latin - Greek Themes in Shakespeare.","brand":"Peter Lang International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042525151575,"sku":"9781788748483","price":25.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-shakespeare-stole-from-rome-9781788748483","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}