Explores the way in which the stories of the Caesars, and of the Julio-Claudians in particular, can be used to figure the stories of English rulers on the Renaissance stage. This title demonstrates how early modern English dramatists, using Roman modes of literary representation as cover, commented on the issues of the day. Series Editor(s): Ostovich, Dr. Helen. Series: Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 448. . 2008. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Cultural Uses of the Caesars on the English Renaissance Stage (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0754662632
ISBN 13: 9780754662631
Binding: Hardcover
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Caesarian power was a crucial context in the Renaissance, as rulers in Europe, Russia and Turkey all sought to appropriate Caesarian imagery and authority, but it has been surprisingly little explored in scholarship. In this study Lisa Hopkins explores the way in which the stories of the Caesars, and of the Julio-Claudians in particular, can be used to figure the stories of English rulers on the Renaissance stage. Analyzing plays by Shakespeare and a number of other playwrights of the period, she demonstrates how early modern English dramatists, using Roman modes of literary representation as cover, commented on the issues of the day and critiqued contemporary monarchs.

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Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

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