Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism, and Civil War

Gray, Patrick

Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism, and Civil War

Gray, Patrick

Authors

Patrick Gray

Abstract

Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome This book introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche. It considers Shakespeare’s place in the history of concepts of selfhood and reflects on his sympathy for Christianity, in light of his reception of medieval Biblical drama, as well as his allusions to the New Testament. Shakespeare’s critique of Romanitas anticipates concerns about secularisation, individualism and liberalism shared by philosophers such as Hannah Arendt, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel and Patrick Deneen.

Citation

Gray, P. (2018). Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism, and Civil War. Edinburgh University Press

Book Type	Monograph
Acceptance Date	Nov 1, 2016
Online Publication Date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication Date	Nov 30, 2018
Deposit Date	Nov 1, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Sep 30, 2020
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Series Title	Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy
Publisher URL	http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22304