Shakespeare's Rome: Republic and Empire

"A thoughtful presentation of Shakespeare's knowledge and understanding of the working of Rome's contrasting regimes." —American Political Science Review

For more than forty years, Paul Cantor's Shakespeare's Rome has been a foundational work in the field of politics and literature. While many critics assumed that the Roman plays do not reflect any special knowledge of Rome, Cantor was one of the first to argue that they are grounded in a profound understanding of the Roman regime and its ch...