TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare,William AU - Daniell,David TI - Julius Caesar T2 - The Arden Shakespeare. Third series AV - PR2750 U1 - 822.33 23 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Arden Shakespeare KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Caesar, Julius KW - Rome KW - History KW - Republic, 265-30 B.C KW - Drama N1 - Originally published: Walton-on-Thames: Nelson, 1998; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Shakespeare's dramatization of the assassination of Julius Caesar sees rhetoric give way to cruelty, revenge and war. The tragedy is a complex treatment of the conspiracy, prompting discussions about power, tyranny, rivalry, gender, religion, the Elizabethan understanding of the Roman world and the continued interpretation of character: is Caesar a hero or a tyrant? Is Brutus a patriot or a murderer? There are no extant quartos of 'Julius Caesar'; this text comes out of the Folio of 1623 UR - http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio11697805 ER -