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Julius Caesar in Western Culture
Maria Wyke
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Description for Julius Caesar in Western Culture
Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people. Ranges over the fields of religious, military, and political history, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, the visual arts, and literary, film, theatre and cultural studies. Editor(s): Wyke, Maria. Num Pages: 384 pages, 26. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
This book explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people from the 50s BC through to the twenty-first century.
This book explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people from the 50s BC through to the twenty-first century.
- This interdisciplinary volume explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people.
- Ranges over the fields of religious, military, and political history, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, the visual arts, and literary, film, theatre and cultural studies.
- Examines representations of Caesar in Italy, France, Germany, Britain, and the United States in particular.
- Objects of analysis range from Caesar’s own commentaries on the Gallic wars, through Shakespeare’s Julius ... Read more
- Edited by a leading expert on the reception of ancient Rome.
- Includes original contributions by international experts on Caesar and his reception.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405125994
SKU
V9781405125994
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Ref
99-50
About Maria Wyke
Maria Wyke is Professor of Latin at University College London. She is author of Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema and History (1997) and The Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representations (2000), and is now working on her next publication Caesar: A Life in Western Culture (2006).
Reviews for Julius Caesar in Western Culture
“This is reception criticism at its best … Caesar does not invite but rather demands reaction and reflection, a demand admirably met in this collection. Important, influential, and timely deployments of Caesar’s legacy are creatively analyzed here, in essays none of which (I am pleased to say) is afraid of speaking its mind.” W. Jeffrey Tatum, Florida State ... Read more