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Julius Caesar in Western Culture

Maria Wyke (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5471-0
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384 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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* 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 Caesar, and images of Caesar in Italian fascist popular culture, to contemporary cinema and current debates about American empire.

* Edited by a leading expert on the reception of ancient Rome.

* Includes original contributions by international experts on Caesar and his reception.