Antony and Cleopatra (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism, 99) - Softcover

Turner, J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403990417 ISBN 13: 9781403990419

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2006

Synopsis

This Guide provides a critical survey of the responses to this popular play. Chronologically arranged, the book draws on a rich range of critical writings, including Dr Johnson, Coleridge, Bradley and Leavis. This material is linked to more general issues regarding Shakespearean criticism and scholarship, and the development of literary theory.

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas Potter is the Head of School of Humanities and Performing Arts and lectures in English at Swansea Institute, UK.

From the Back Cover

Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied and popular of the 'Roman' plays. It is either the world's greatest love story or a sad tale of two middle-aged infatuated people who throw away their power over half the known world; it is about the decline and fall of the Roman Empire; it is Shakespeare's sceptical revision of Virgil; it is about soldiership, loyalty and loss, and much more besides.

This Reader's Guide provides a critical survey of the responses to Antony and Cleopatra from the earliest published accounts to the present day. Leading the reader through the material in a chronological fashion, the Guide draws on a rich range of critical writings, including Dr Johnson, Coleridge, Bradley and Leavis. Nicholas Potter carefully relates this material to more general issues regarding Shakespearean criticism and scholarship, and the development of literary history and theory. Also featuring a chapter on the different editions of the play, and a Select Bibliography to aid further study, this book is an indispensable resource for students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403990417
• ISBN 13: 9781403990419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200