Julius Caesar

Norton Critical Edition

By: William Shakespeare, S. P. Cerasano (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 April 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Shakespeareâs tragedy of one of the most famous assassinations in the world at an epoch-changing time in history.

This richly documented Norton Critical Edition of Julius Caesar is based on the 1623 First Folio text. It is accompanied by a note on the text, an introduction that sets the biographical and historical stage necessary to appreciate this richly allusive play, explanatory annotations, a map, and five illustrations.

"Sources and Contexts" presents possible sources as well as analogues to Julius Caesar, an account of Shakespeareâs understanding of and approach to Roman history, and Ernest Schanzerâs study of the narrative challenges posed by the play.

"Criticism" includes early commentaryâ"by, among others, Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, and Harley Granville-Barkerâ"on Julius Caesar as well as modern interpretations. Among these are John W. Velz on role-playing in Julius Caesar; Jan H. Blits on Caesarâs ambiguous end; Paul A. Cantor on rhetoric, poetry and the Roman republic; and R. A. Foakes on the themes of assassination and mob violence.

"Performance History" reprints accounts of various aspects of staging Julius Caesar by Sidney Homan, John Nettles, and Robert F. Willson, Jr.

A Film Bibliography and Selected Bibliography are also included.

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List of Illustrations	p. vii
Map: Plan of Caesar's Rome	p. viii
Map: Detail of Forum Area	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xlvi
A Note on the Text	p. xlvii
The Text of Julius Caesar	p. 1
Sources and Contexts	p. 83
Sources	p. 85
Plutarch: From The Life of Julius Caesar	p. 85
Plutarch: From The Life of Marcus Brutus	p. 101
Plutarch: From The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero	p. 115
Possible Sources	p. 119
Appian of Alexandria: From The Civil Wars	p. 119
Suetonius: From The Historie of Twelve Caesars	p. 122
Analogues	p. 128
From The Boke Named the Governour	p. 128
From The Mirror for Magistrates	p. 130
Shakespeare and Roman History	p. 137
From Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Romans	p. 137
Shaping a Narrative	p. 147
[Caesar in Literary Tradition]	p. 147
Criticism	p. 153
Early Commentary	p. 155
From The Works of William Shakespeare	p. 155
From Shakespeare in the Theatre	p. 155
Front Unsigned Essay on Julius Caesar	p. 158
[Julius Caesar]	p. 162
[Characters]	p. 165
Modern Commentary	p. 171
From Historical Tragedy	p. 171
[Love and Honor]	p. 181
[Role-Playing]	p. 189
From Caesar's Ambiguous End	p. 199
[Rhetoric, Poetry, Republic]	p. 211
[Assassination and Mob Violence]	p. 214
Performance History	p. 221
From Shakespeare's Theater of Presence	p. 223
From Brutus in Julius Caesar	p. 232
From Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956	p. 241
Film and Audiorecording Bibliography	p. 245
Selected Bibliography	p. 247
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