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Plato's Republic and Shakespeare's Rome: A Political Study of the Roman Works by Parker, Barbara L. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Plato's Republic and Shakespeare's Rome: A Political Study of the Roman Works about?
This pioneering study argues the influence of Plato's political thought on Shakespeare's Roman works: The Rape of Lucrece, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Titus Andronicus. Shakespeare equates the ruin of Rome with what he foresees as the corresponding decline of England deriving from England's kindred political ills, in particular the burgeoning democratic impulses fostered by the politics of both Elizabeth and James.
Who reads Plato's Republic and Shakespeare's Rome: A Political Study of the Roman Works?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Parker, Barbara L.
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781611492491
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Renaissance & Modern Philosophy, Social_sciences
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