Shakespeare and classical antiquity

by Burrow, Colin

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Title Statements

Full title :Shakespeare and classical antiquity / Colin Burrow.

Summary

"Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity shows the range, extent and variety of Shakespeare's responses to classical antiquity. Individual chapters on Virgil, Ovid, Classical Comedy, Seneca, and Plutarch show how Shakespeare's understanding of and use of classical authors, and of the classical past more generally, changed and developed in the course of his career. An opening chapter shows the kind of classical learning he acquired through his education, and subsequent chapters provide stimulating introductions to a range of classical authors as well as to Shakespeare's responses to them. Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity shows how Shakespeare's relationship to classical authors changed in response to contemporary events and to contemporary authors. Above all, it shows that Shakespeare's reading in classical literature informed more or less every aspect of his work"--Publisher's description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:281 pages : : illustrations (black and white) ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199684786, 0199684782, 9780199684793, 0199684790
oclc:ocn858967749
LC Classification:PR3037
Dewey Decimal:822.33

Learning from the past -- Virgil -- Ovid -- Roman comedy -- Seneca -- Plutarch.

Subjects

Antike Classical literature -- Appreciation Classical literature -- Appreciation --… Controversial literature Criticism, interpretation, etc England Griechenland Griechisch History Latein Literatur Literature Römisches Reich Shakespeare, William Themes, motives