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Roman Civil War in English Renaissance Tragedy Catiline, Caesar and Pompey and Julius Caesar with an Introduction Drawn From Roman Sources

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Pages:392
ISBN:0-7734-6993-1
978-0-7734-6993-8
Price:$239.95
Manuscript summarizes the history of Senecan influence in Tudor-Stuart drama, and yet has space and time to provide pages of excerpts from ancient historical and philosophical writers whose works influenced the three English dramas.

Table of Contents

Table of contents:
Preface
Editor’s Introduction, Textual Introduction
Part I: The Roman Sources; The Civil War; Roman Philosophy of the late Republic and early Empire
Part II: Texts
Catiline his Conspiracy by Ben Jonson
Caesar and Pompey by George Chapman
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Textual Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources