Julius Caesar Paperback / softback
by William Shakespeare
Edited by Burton Raffel
Part of the The Annotated Shakespeare series
Paperback / softback
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The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist  The first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, Julius Caesar is set at a crucial turning point in Roman history, as the Republican gives way to the imperial.
Safely removed in time and place from Shakespeare’s Elizabethan England, Rome makes the perfect laboratory for the playwright’s free-ranging political analysis.  This fully annotated version of Julius Caesar makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century.
It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers, and the general reader in mind.
Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody, and alternative readings of phrases and lines.
His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2006
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- ISBN:9780300108095
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:31/10/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780300108095
