{"product_id":"shakespeares-rome-paul-a-cantor-9780226468952","title":"Shakespeare's Rome: Republic and Empire","description":"For more than forty years, Paul Cantor's \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Rome\u003c\/i\u003e has been a foundational work in the field of politics and literature. While many critics assumed that the Roman plays do not reflect any special knowledge of Rome, Cantor was one of the first to argue that they are grounded in a profound understanding of the Roman regime and its changes over time. Taking Shakespeare seriously as a political thinker, Cantor suggests that his Roman plays can be profitably studied in the context of the classical republican tradition in political philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, Cantor examines the political settings of Shakespeare's Roman plays, \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e, with references as well to \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e. Cantor shows that Shakespeare presents a convincing portrait of Rome in different eras of its history, contrasting the austere republic of \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e, with its narrow horizons and martial virtues, and the cosmopolitan empire of \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e, with its \"immortal longings\" and sophistication bordering on decadence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul a. Cantor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022646895X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226468952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Paul a. Cantor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981509329151,"sku":"9780226468952","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4fe55b6-a8bc-4ff1-a2c3-a56c774ac1e6.jpg?v=1683256001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeares-rome-paul-a-cantor-9780226468952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}