Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher: Lushena Books
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  • Category : Drama
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

The authoritative edition of Antony and Cleopatra from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers. Antony and Cleopatra dramatizes a major event in world history: the founding of the Roman Empire. The future first emperor, Octavius Caesar (later called Augustus Caesar), cold-bloodedly manipulates other characters and exercises iron control over himself. At first, he shares power with Mark Antony, Rome's preeminent military leader, and the weaker Lepidus. Caesar needs Antony to fend off other Roman strongmen like Pompey; he even offers his sister Octavia to him as a bride, despite Antony's reputation as a libertine and his past rivalry with Caesar. Once Caesar defeats Pompey, however, he needs no allies. He brings charges against Lepidus, denies Antony his spoils from Pompey's defeat, and seizes cities in the eastern Roman colonies that Antony rules. The play's emphasis, however, is on those whom Caesar defeats: Antony and his wealthy Egyptian ally, Queen Cleopatra. The play does not sugarcoat Antony and Cleopatra's famous love affair, including her calculated attempts to seduce Antony from his duties and his rage when he thinks she has betrayed him to Caesar. Nonetheless, the lovers find such sensual and emotional satisfaction that Caesar's world conquest seems smaller than what they find in each other.


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521848336
  • Category : Drama
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 312

Second edition of Antony and Cleopatra featuring an introductory section on recent criticism and performance.


Shakespeare's Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Author: William Shakespeare
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 242


Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra

Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher:
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 253


The Critical Reception of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra from 1607 to 1905

The Critical Reception of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra from 1607 to 1905

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  • Author: Michael Steppat
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
  • ISBN: 9789060321881
  • Category : Drama
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 646


Shakespeare's Books

Shakespeare's Books

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  • Author: Stuart Gillespie
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1474216064
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 432

Shakespeare's Books contains nearly 200 entries covering the full range of literature Shakespeare was acquainted with, including classical, historical, religious and contemporary works. The dictionary covers works whose importance to Shakespeare has emerged more clearly in recent years due to new research, as well as explaining current thinking on long-recognized sources such as Plutarch, Ovid, Holinshed, Ariosto and Montaigne. Entries for all major sources include surveys of the writer's place in Shakespeare's time, detailed discussion of their relation to his work, and full bibliography. These are enhanced by sample passages from early modern England writers, together with reproductions of pages from the original texts. Now available in paperback with a new preface bringing the book up to date, this is an invaluable reference tool.


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 164

Antony and Cleopatra begins two years after Julius Caesar. Mark Antony was supposed to be in Egypt to conduct government affairs on behalf of the Roman Empire. Instead, he fell in love with the beautiful Queen Cleopatra, became her lover, and abandoned his duties to his wife and country. A messenger arrives bearing news that Antony’s wife and brother are dead after attempting to kill Octavius Caesar, and one of Ceasar’s generals, Pompey, is gathering an army against the Roman leaders. Mark Antony has no choice but to return to Rome. When Antony returns to the capital, he argues with Ceasar over his loyalty to the empire and the other triumvirs. The only way that Antony can prove his fidelity to Caesar is to marry his sister, Octavia. The news of this marriage makes its way back to Egypt and its queen. The play was published in 1606 after the great success of Macbeth. This Standard Ebooks edition is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wright’s 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition.


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

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  • Author: Yashdip S. Bains
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1134819706
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 551

This volume is a comprehensive overview of scholarship on this play. It includes chapters on criticism, sources and background, textual studies, bibliographies, editions, and translations. Also covered are the stage history and major productions of the play, and films, music, television, and adaptations and synopses.


Shakespeare's Works: Othello. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Pericles

Shakespeare's Works: Othello. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline. Pericles

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  • Author: William Shakespeare
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  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 388


The Plays & Poems of Shakespeare: Antony & Cleopatra. Cymbeline

The Plays & Poems of Shakespeare: Antony & Cleopatra. Cymbeline

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  • Author: William Shakespeare
  • Publisher:
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 350