Literature Made Easy Julius Caesar (Literature Made Easy Series) - Softcover

Coleman, Ruth; Buzan, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764108336 ISBN 13: 9780764108334

Publisher: Barrons Test Prep, 1999

Synopsis

TheLiterature Made Easy Series is more than just plot summaries. Each book describes a classic novel and drama by explaining themes, elaborating on characters, and discussing each author's unique literary style, use of language, and point of view. Extensive illustrations and imaginative, enlightening use of graphics help to make each book in this series livelier, easier, and more fun to use than ordinary literature plot summaries. An unusual feature, "Mind Map" is a diagram that summarizes and interrelates the most important details that students need to understand about a given work. Appropriate for middle and high school students.

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Review

One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton

Review

"Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution."--Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, "Shakespeare Survey" "This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum."--Paul Dean, "Review of English Studies"

Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution. "Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey"

This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum. "Paul Dean, Review of English Studies""

Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution. Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey

This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum. Paul Dean, Review of English Studies

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"Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution." --Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey

"This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum." --Paul Dean, Review of English Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Barrons Test Prep
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0764108336
• ISBN 13: 9780764108334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 85