Julius Caesar (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare)

Shakespeare, William; Hadfield, Andrew [Editor]; Kastan, David Scott [Introduction];

ISBN 10: 1411400402 / ISBN 13: 9781411400405

Published by Barnes & Noble Shakespeare, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Julius Caesar (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare)

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Shakespeare

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare depicts the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings (""Beware the ides of March"") and of moving public oratory (""Friends, Romans, countrymen!""). Ironies abound, most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead.

Synopsis:

"Julius Caesar" portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar, his assassination and its aftermath. It is the first of his Roman plays, based on true events from Roman history. Part of the "Barnes & Noble Shakespeare" series, this features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from Great Britain and America, in collaboration with one of the world's foremost Shakespeare authorities, David Scott Kastan of Columbia University. Together they have produced texts as faithful as possible to those that Shakespeare wrote.