The Cultural Uses of the Caesars on the English Renaissance Stage

Caesarian power was a crucial context in the Renaissance, as rulers in Europe, Russia and Turkey all sought to appropriate Caesarian imagery and authority, but it has been surprisingly little explored in scholarship. Analyzing plays by Shakespeare as well as other early modern dramatists, Lisa Hopkins explores the way in which the stories of the Caesars can be used to figure the stories of English rulers on the Renaissance stage.

Author: Lisa Hopkins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/28/2008
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780754662631

About the Author
Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.