Caesar in the USA (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520273917)

The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. In this lively and perceptive book, the first to examine Caesar's place in modern American culture, Maria Wyke investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis, when the occurrence of assassination, war, dictatorship, totalitarianism or empire appears to give him fresh relevance. Her fascinating discussion shows how--from the Latin classroom to the Shakespearean stage, from cinema, television and the comic book to the internet--Caesar is mobilized in the U.S. as a resource for acculturation into the American present, as a prediction of America's future, or as a mode of commercial profit and great entertainment.

Author: Maria Wyke
ISBN-10: 0520273915
ISBN-13: 9780520273917
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.32w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2013