Understanding Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Subtitle: a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
By: Thomas Derrick.
Series: The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series,
Publisher: Greenwood Press; Greenwood
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. -- Examinations -- Study guides.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. -- Sources.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history.; Caesar, Julius -- In literature.; Literature and history -- Sources.; Assassination in literature.; Conspiracies in literature.; Assassins in literature.; Tragedy.; Rome -- In literature.
Description: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar reflects perennial cultural concerns about order and freedom, particularly as they clash in the figures of Caesar and Brutus. This innovative experiment in Shakespeare literacy provides materials to provoke interpretations of the cultural meanings of Julius Caesar based on historical reactions to the play, allusions to its language, and often unconscious echoes of its symbols. Most of the materials presented here are available in no other printed form.

Study questions, project ideas, and bibliographies provide additional sources for examining the cultural and historical context of the play.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.