Julius Caesar (Arden Shakespeare, Third Series) / Edition 3

by William Shakespeare, David Daniell (Editor), Richard Proudfoot (Editor), Ann Thompson (Editor), David Scott Kastan (Editor)

Overview

This edition of one of Shakespeare's best known and most frequently performed plays argues for Julius Caesar as a new kind of political play, a radical departure from contemporary practice, combining fast action and immediacy with compelling rhetorical language, and finding a clear context for its study of tyranny in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth 1. The richly experimental verse and the complex structure of the play are analysed in depth, and a strong case is made for this to be the first play to be performed at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.'Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution.'Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey'This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum.' Paul Dean, English Studies

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781903436219
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/25/1998
Series:	Arden Shakespeare Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.

David Daniell is a Professor Emeritus of English at University College London, UK.

Professor Richard Proudfoot served as Senior General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare for 35 years, until his retirement from King's in 1999. In 2001 The Arden Shakespeare published Proudfoot's Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Canon a critical overview of the scholarly achievements made in the field of Shakespeare studies by the end of the twentieth century.

ANN THOMPSON is Emeritus Professor in English at King' s College London UK.

David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, USA.

Henry Woudhuysen is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

List of illustrations General Editors preface Preface Introduction - The play - Julius Caesar in London in 1599 - The language of Julius Caesar - Structures - Shakespeares sources - Julius Caesar and the critics - Julius Caesar in performance - The text JULIUS CAESAR Appendix: Plutarchs Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes Abbreviations and Reference Index

Editorial Reviews

Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution.” —Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey

“This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum.” —Paul Dean, Review of English Studies

From the Publisher

This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum.

Review of English Studies Paul Dean

Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution.

Eric Rasmussen