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Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity
Shakespeare and the Uses of Antiquity
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Author: Charles and Michelle Martindale Publisher: Routledge Format: Softcover # of Pages: 228 Pub. Date: 1994 ISBN-10: 0415104262 ISBN-13: 9780415104265
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About the Book:
Against a recent tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's classical
learning, the study Shakespeare and The Uses Of Antiquity examines
how the playwright used his relatively restricted knowledge to create
an unusually convincing picture of Rome.
Although a third of his plays are set in the ancient world and he
constantly used classical mythology, history, and ideas, Shakespeare
received a simple grammar school education and did not have a
scholar's knowledge of the classics. The critical implications of
this are the subject of Shakespeare and The Uses Of Antiquity.
Against a recent academic tendency to exaggerate Shakespeare's
learning, the authors investigate how he used his comparatively
restricted knowledge to create, for example, an unusually convincing
picture of Rome, and analyze, by presenting us with careful readings
of specific passages, the styles Shakespeare employed under the
influence of classical writers, especially Ovid, Seneca, and (in
translation) Homer and Plutarch.
What people say:
"The
Martindales' approach is particularly effective." —
The Times
About the Author:
Charles Martindale is Professor of Latin, Dean of the
Faculty of Arts at the University of Bristol
Michelle Martindale teaches English at Lancing College. |
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