The Imperial Theme: Further Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tragedies, Including the Roman Plays"The greater part of this volume is devoted to an exhaustive study of the Roman tragedies -- Julius Caesar, Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra. It also contains the author's most complete interpretation of Macbeth." -- from book cover. |
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