Julius CaesarJulius Caesar: A New Casebook provides students and academics with a selection of important essays by leading contemporary critics on Shakespeare's first "Globe" play. New historicist, feminist, psychoanalytic and Marxist readings of the tragedy have been chosen to highlight the urgency with which this drama of prophecy, interpretation and political crisis speaks to twenty-first century concerns about democracy, the media and mass communication. |
Contents
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1 The Crisis of the Aristocracy in Julius Caesar | 29 |
Shakespeares Roman Carnival | 55 |
Julius Caesar and the Politics of Theatrical Representation | 77 |
Julius Caesar | 92 |
5 Collective Violence and Sacrifice in Julius Caesar | 108 |
The Ritual Ground of Julius Caesar | 128 |
Blood as Trope of Gender in Julius Caesar | 149 |
Reading Character in Julius Caesar | 170 |
9 Bardicide | 188 |
Julius Caesar | 210 |
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Notes on Contributors | 234 |
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