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Shakespeare's Roman plays and their background

Mungo William MacCallum

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Literature History Plays/Films/Dramas British Literature

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APPENDIX A NEAREST PARALLELS BETWEEN GARNIER’S CORNELIE, IN THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH VERSIONS, AND JULIUS CAESAR APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D APPENDIX E APPENDIX F INDEX

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

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