The Imperial Theme: Further Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tragedies Including the Roman PlaysFirst Published in 2002. This is a collection of essays and commentary on the later Shakespearian tragedies of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Anthony and Cleopatra and Richard II. |
Contents
PREFATORY NOTE I On Imaginative Interpretation | |
An Essay on Julius Caesar | |
The Eroticism of Julius Caesar | |
An Essay on Lifethemes in Hamlet | |
AnEssay onLifethemes in Macbeth | |
An Essay on Coriolanus VII The Transcendental Humanism ofAntony and Cleopatra | |
An Essay on Antony and Cleopatra | |
A NoteonRichard IIv v 166 | |
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