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Shakespeare's Roman plays and their background

The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions. · Introduction: Roman plays in the sixteenth century. Shakespeare's treatment of history. Ancestry of Shakespeare's Roman plays.--Julius Caesar.--Antony and Cleopatra.--Coriolanus.--Appendices: Nearest parallels between Garnier's Cornélie in the French and English versions and Julius Caesar. The verbal relations of the various versions of Plutarch, illustrated by means of Volumnia's speech. Shakespeare's alleged indebtedness to Appian in Julius Caesar: Shakespeare's loans from Appian in Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra's One word. The "inexplicable" passage in Coriolanus.--Index · xv, 666 p. 23 cm

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