Julius Caesar (Norton Critical Editions)

FOLGER Shakespeare Library: the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies. Each edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play - Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play - Scene-by-scene plot summaries - A key to famous lines and phrases - An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language - An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play - Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Map: Plan of Caesar's Rome	p. viii
Map: Detail of Forum Area	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xlvi
A Note on the Text	p. xlvii
The Text of Julius Caesar	p. 1
Sources and Contexts	p. 83
Sources	p. 85
Plutarch: From The Life of Julius Caesar	p. 85
Plutarch: From The Life of Marcus Brutus	p. 101
Plutarch: From The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero	p. 115
Possible Sources	p. 119
Appian of Alexandria: From The Civil Wars	p. 119
Suetonius: From The Historie of Twelve Caesars	p. 122
Analogues	p. 128
From The Boke Named the Governour	p. 128
From The Mirror for Magistrates	p. 130
Shakespeare and Roman History	p. 137
From Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Romans	p. 137
Shaping a Narrative	p. 147
[Caesar in Literary Tradition]	p. 147
Criticism	p. 153
Early Commentary	p. 155
From The Works of William Shakespeare	p. 155
From Shakespeare in the Theatre	p. 155
Front Unsigned Essay on Julius Caesar	p. 158
[Julius Caesar]	p. 162
[Characters]	p. 165
Modern Commentary	p. 171
From Historical Tragedy	p. 171
[Love and Honor]	p. 181
[Role-Playing]	p. 189
From Caesar's Ambiguous End	p. 199
[Rhetoric, Poetry, Republic]	p. 211
[Assassination and Mob Violence]	p. 214
Performance History	p. 221
From Shakespeare's Theater of Presence	p. 223
From Brutus in Julius Caesar	p. 232
From Shakespeare in Hollywood, 1929-1956	p. 241
Film and Audiorecording Bibliography	p. 245
Selected Bibliography	p. 247
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