{"product_id":"julius-caesar-in-western-culture-isbn-9781405125994","title":"Julius Caesar in Western Culture","description":"This book explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people from the 50s BC through to the twenty-first century. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis interdisciplinary volume explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRanges over the fields of religious, military, and political history, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, the visual arts, and literary, film, theatre and cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines representations of Caesar in Italy, France, Germany, Britain, and the United States in particular.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eObjects 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEdited by a leading expert on the reception of ancient Rome.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes original contributions by international experts on Caesar and his reception.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eNotes on Comntributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Judging Julius Caesar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher Pelling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II Literary Characterization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Earliest Depiction of Caesar and the Later Tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMark Toher.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Caesar, Lucan's Bellum Civile,and their Reception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristine Walde.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Julian Augustus' Julius Caesar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacqueline Long.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III The City of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Seat and Memory of Power: Caesar's Curia and Forum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiccardo Valenzani.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. St Peter's Needle and the Ashes of Julius Caesar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Osborne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Julius II as Second Caesar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicholas Temple.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV Nationalism and Statecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Imitation Gone Wrong: The \"Pestilentially Ambitious\" Figure of Julius Caesar in Montaigne's Essais.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLouisa Mackenzie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Manifest Destiny and the Eclipse of Julius Caesar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMargaret Malamud.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Caesar, Cinema, and National Identity in the 1910s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaria Wyke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Caesar the Foe: Roman Conquest and National Resistance in Freanch Popular Culture. in Fascist Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiuseppe Pucci.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V Theatrical Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Julius Caesar and the Democracy to Come.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicholas Royle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Shaw's Caesars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNiall Slater.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Rhetoric of Romanita: Representations of Caesar in Fascist Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJane Dunnett.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI Warfare and Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. From \"Capitano\" to \"Great Commander\": The Military Reception of Caesar from the Sisteenth to the Twentieth Centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJorit Wintjes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Crossing the Rubicon into Paris: Caesarian Comparisons from Napoleon to de Gaulle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOliver Benjamin Hemmerle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. A Twenty-First-Century Caesar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaria Wyke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  “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.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eW. Jeffrey Tatum, Florida State University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An exciting collection of papers by a truly international team of scholars. This richly illustrated and documented volume explores the significance of Caesar’s memory in the discourses of art, literature, nationalism, and empire.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina S. Kraus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating read which should appeal to a wide variety of readers not just in the classics, but throughout the humanities.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There is a remarkable diversity of discipline and methodology – not to mention nationality – on display here, and it reflects well on (Wykes’) choice of contributors and unintrusive editorial style.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLlewelyn Morgan, Brasenose College, Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Appealing both to a reader possibly unfamiliar with the material, but also being of much interest to fellow specialists in this field.\" \u003ci\u003eScholia Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaria Wyke\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Latin at University College London. She is author of \u003ci\u003eProjecting the Past: Ancient\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRome, Cinema and History\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representations\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and is now working on her next publication \u003ci\u003eCaesar: A Life in Western Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).  Julius Caesar is not only the most famous Roman of them all. He has also been surprisingly relevant in many different periods, for many different societies and people. Edited by a leading expert on the reception of ancient Rome, this interdisciplinary volume examines Caesar’s role in Western culture across a wide chronological range and diverse media. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRanging over the fields of religious, military, and political history, archaeology, architecture and urban planning, the visual arts, and literary, film, theatre and cultural studies, contributors examine the Caesars of Italy, France, Germany, Britain, and the United States. Their objects of analysis extend from Caesar’s own commentaries on the Gallic wars composed in the 50s bce through Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, on to images of Caesar in twentieth-century Fascist Italy’s popular culture right up to contemporary cinema’s Caesar and twenty-first century debates about American empire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989493924069,"sku":"NP9781405125994","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405125994.jpg?v=1761784327","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/julius-caesar-in-western-culture-isbn-9781405125994","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}