Shakespeare’s Roman Plays and Their Background

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Author

MacCallum, Mungo William, Sir, 1854-1942

Title

Shakespeare's Roman plays and their background

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Macmillan and Co., 1910.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English drama -- Roman influences

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69937

Release Date

February 2, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SHAKESPEARE’S ROMAN PLAYS AND THEIR BACKGROUND
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.CHAPTER I ROMAN PLAYS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY — 1. APPIUS AND VIRGINIA. THE TRANSLATION OF OCTAVIA — 2. THE FRENCH SENECANS — 3. ENGLISH FOLLOWERS OF THE FRENCH SCHOOL. “THE WOUNDS OF CIVIL WAR”
6. 6.CHAPTER II SHAKESPEARE’S TREATMENT OF HISTORY
7. 7.CHAPTER III ANCESTRY OF SHAKESPEARE’S ROMAN PLAYS — 1. PLUTARCH [75] — 2. AMYOT [93] — 3. NORTH
8. 8.JULIUS CAESAR — CHAPTER I
9. 9.CHAPTER II SHAKESPEARE’S TRANSMUTATION OF HIS MATERIAL
10. 10.CHAPTER III THE TITULAR HERO OF THE PLAY
11. 11.CHAPTER IV THE EXCELLENCES AND ILLUSIONS OF BRUTUS
12. 12.CHAPTER V THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF BRUTUS. PORTIA
13. 13.CHAPTER VI THE REMAINING CHARACTERS
14. 14.ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
15. 15.CHAPTER I POSITION OF THE PLAY AFTER THE GREAT TRAGEDIES. SHAKESPEARE’S INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT
16. 16.CHAPTER II ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA , A HISTORY, TRAGEDY, AND LOVE POEM; AS SHOWN BY ITS RELATIONS WITH PLUTARCH
17. 17.CHAPTER III THE ASSOCIATES OF ANTONY
18. 18.CHAPTER IV THE POLITICAL LEADERS
19. 19.CHAPTER V MARK ANTONY
20. 20.CHAPTER VI CLEOPATRA
21. 21.CHAPTER VII ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
22. 22.CORIOLANUS — CHAPTER I POSITION OF THE PLAY BEFORE THE ROMANCES. ITS POLITICAL AND ARTISTIC ASPECTS
23. 23.CHAPTER II PARALLELS AND CONTRASTS WITH PLUTARCH
24. 24.CHAPTER III THE GRAND CONTRAST. SHAKESPEARE’S CONCEPTION OF THE SITUATION IN ROME
25. 25.CHAPTER IV THE KINSFOLK AND FRIENDS OF CORIOLANUS
26. 26.CHAPTER V THE GREATNESS OF CORIOLANUS. AUFIDIUS
27. 27.CHAPTER VI THE DISASTERS OF CORIOLANUS AND THEIR CAUSES
28. 28.APPENDIX A NEAREST PARALLELS BETWEEN GARNIER’S CORNELIE , IN THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH VERSIONS, AND JULIUS CAESAR
29. 29.APPENDIX B
30. 30.APPENDIX C
31. 31.APPENDIX D
32. 32.APPENDIX E
33. 33.APPENDIX F
34. 34.INDEX
35. 35.Untitled

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