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Overview
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history, which also include Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra.
Although the title is Julius Caesar, Caesar is not the most visible character in its action, appearing alive in only three scenes. Marcus Brutus speaks more than four times as many lines, and the central psychological drama of the play focuses on Brutus' struggle between the conflicting demands of honor, patriotism and friendship.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781535528795 |
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| Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
| Publication date: | 01/01/1900 |
| Pages: | 94 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.19(d) |
| Lexile: | NP (what's this?) |
About the Author
William Shakespeare (c. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, renowned by many as the world's greatest writer in the English Language. Among his plays are "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "Macbeth" to name but a few.
LEONARD BRANDT COLE had worked as art director for a lithography outfit, before entering the comic book field during the Golden Age in the early 1940's. He was mainly a cover illustrator for titles like Suspense Comics and Contact Comics. In his early work, he always used basic, flat colors and produced what he called "poster color covers". Illustrating over 1500 covers, Cole drew everything from funny animals to superheroes to jungle girls and sci-fi. A science fiction fan, Cole would often slip rocket ships and ray guns onto books such as 'Captain Flight' and 'Contact Comics' which were supposed to be devoted to contemporary aviation.As for interior artwork, Cole did pencils and/or inks on several features for Holyoke Publications, Gilberton and Farrell. Cole also published comic books through Star Publications, producing various crime, terror, jungle and romance titles in the late 1940s and 1950s. He was art director and editor at Dell Publishing in the early 1960s. He has mainly done commercial art and design from the mid 1960s onwards, working among others on audio-visuals for University Films.
Reed Crandall was a prolific cartoonist and comics illustrator, and contributed to several comics sereis, including Classics Illustrated, for which he often teamed up with George Evans.
George Evans was an American comics illustrator with a large number of credits to his name, including work for such comics publishers as Fiction House, Fawcett, EC Comics, DC Comics, Gold Key and several title adaptations for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated series.
LEONARD BRANDT COLE had worked as art director for a lithography outfit, before entering the comic book field during the Golden Age in the early 1940's. He was mainly a cover illustrator for titles like Suspense Comics and Contact Comics. In his early work, he always used basic, flat colors and produced what he called "poster color covers". Illustrating over 1500 covers, Cole drew everything from funny animals to superheroes to jungle girls and sci-fi. A science fiction fan, Cole would often slip rocket ships and ray guns onto books such as 'Captain Flight' and 'Contact Comics' which were supposed to be devoted to contemporary aviation.As for interior artwork, Cole did pencils and/or inks on several features for Holyoke Publications, Gilberton and Farrell. Cole also published comic books through Star Publications, producing various crime, terror, jungle and romance titles in the late 1940s and 1950s. He was art director and editor at Dell Publishing in the early 1960s. He has mainly done commercial art and design from the mid 1960s onwards, working among others on audio-visuals for University Films.
Reed Crandall was a prolific cartoonist and comics illustrator, and contributed to several comics sereis, including Classics Illustrated, for which he often teamed up with George Evans.
George Evans was an American comics illustrator with a large number of credits to his name, including work for such comics publishers as Fiction House, Fawcett, EC Comics, DC Comics, Gold Key and several title adaptations for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated series.
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Table of Contents
Series Introduction ixIntroduction Harold Bloom xi
Biography of William Shakespeare 1
Summary of Julius Caesar 5
Key Passages in Julius Caesar 21
List of Characters in Julius Caesar 31
Criticism Through the Ages 35
Julius Caesar in the Seventeenth Century 37
1601-From The Mirror of Martyrs John Weever 38
1641-"De Shakespeare nostrat[i]," from Timber, or Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter Ben Jonson 39
1672-"Prologue to Julius Caesar" John Dryden 39
1693-From A Short View of Tragedy Thomas Rymer 40
Julius Caesar in the Eighteenth Century 49
1739-Chapter IV, from An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber Colley Cibber 50
1748-Section X, from Critical Observations on Shakespeare John Upton 53
1761-"Essay on Tragedy," from Critical Essays on Dramatic Poetry Voltaire 54
1768-"Julius Caesar," from General Observations on Shakspeare's Plays Samuel Johnson 55
1769-"Upon the Death of Julius Caesar," from An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Elizabeth Montagu 56
Julius Caesar in the Nineteenth Century 61
1809-From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature August Wilhelm Schlegel 63
1813-1816-"Shakespeare Compared with the Ancients and the Moderns," from Shakespeare Ad Infinitum Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 64
1817-"Julius Caesar," from Characters of Shakespear's Plays William Hazlitt 67
1818-"Julius Caesar," from Lectures and Notes on Shakspere and Other English Poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge 72
1846-From Shakespeare's Dramatic Art, and His Relation to Calderon and Goethe Hermann Ulrici 74
1849-1850-"Character of Caesar," from Shakespeare Commentaries Georg Gottfried Gervinus 77
1872-From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters H.N. Hudson 79
1875-From Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art Edward Dowden 81
1879-"Julius Caesar (continued). Casca. Cicero. Portia," from Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity: Greek and Latin Antiquity as Presented in Shakespeare's Plays Paul Stapfer 83
1882-"In Honour of Shakespeare," from The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche 94
1893-"How the Play of Julius Caesar Works to a Climax at the Centre: A Study in Passion and Movement," from Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles of Scientific Criticism Richard G. Moulton 95
1894-"Julius Caesar: Critical Remarks," from The Works of William Shakespeare Oscar Fay Adams Frank A. Marshall 107
1898-"Tappertit on Caesar," from Our Theatres in the Nineties George Bernard Shaw 113
Julius Caesar in the Twentieth Century 117
1931-"The Eroticism of Julius Caesar," from The Imperial Theme: Further Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tragedies Including the Roman Plays G. Wilson Knight 119
1935-"Antony in Behalf of the Play," from The Southern Review Kenneth Burke 146
1946-"Julius Caesar: The Play's Structure," from Prefaces to Shakespeare Harley Granville-Barker 155
1947-"Julius Caesar," from Lectures on Shakespeare W.H. Auden 176
1951-"Julius Caesar," from The Meaning of Shakespeare Harold C. Goddard 188
1955-"Introduction: Language and Imagery," from Julius Caesar T.S. Dorsch 212
1986-"Julius Caesar," from Shakespeare's Tragedies: An Introduction Dieter Mehl 220
1994-"Introduction," from Julius Caesar Harold Bloom 241
1996-"Introduction," from Bloom's Notes: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Harold Bloom 244
Julius Caesar in the Twenty-first Century 247
2000-"Julius Caesar," from Shakespeare's Language Frank Kermode 248
2002-"Sympathy for Brutus," from Shakespeare: Seven Tragedies Revisited: The Dramatist's Manipulation of Response E.A.J. Honigmann 257
2005-"The End of the Republic: Titus Andronicus and Julius Caesar," from Shakespeare and Republicanism Andrew Hadfield 280
Bibliography 301
Acknowledgments 305
Index 307
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