Jan H. Blits

Broschiertes Buch

New Heaven, New Earth

Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

Beschreibung

New Heaven, New Earth is a philosophical study ofAntony and Cleopatra. Showing that the play is as much a history play as a love story, it closely examines Shakespeare's presentation of the transition from the pagan to the Christian world_from the aftermath of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the decline of the pagan gods to the emergence of the Roman Empire and the conditions giving rise to Christianity.

Autor

Jan H. Blits is professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware and author of Spirit, Soul, and City: Shakespeare's Coriolanus, The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human Soul, The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order, The End of the Ancient Republic: Essays on Julius Caesar, and The American University: Problems, Prospects, and Trends.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780739138243
• ISBN-10: 0739138243
• Artikelnr.: 31304322