{"product_id":"julius-caesar-9780393932638","title":"Julius Caesar","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis richly documented Norton Critical Edition of \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e is based on the 1623 First Folio text. It is accompanied by a note on the text, an introduction that sets the biographical and historical stage necessary to appreciate this richly allusive play, explanatory annotations, a map, and five illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sources and Contexts\" presents possible sources as well as analogues to \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e, an account of Shakespeare's understanding of and approach to Roman history, and Ernest Schanzer's study of the narrative challenges posed by the play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Criticism\" includes early commentary--by, among others, Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, and Harley Granville-Barker--on \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e as well as modern interpretations. Among these are John W. Velz on role-playing in \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e; Jan H. Blits on Caesar's ambiguous end; Paul A. Cantor on rhetoric, poetry and the Roman republic; and R. A. Foakes on the themes of assassination and mob violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Performance History\" reprints accounts of various aspects of staging \u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/em\u003e by Sidney Homan, John Nettles, and\u003cbr\u003e Robert F. Willson, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Film Bibliography and Selected Bibliography are also included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036395823255,"sku":"9780393932638","price":1702.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780393932638.webp?v=1769213240","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/julius-caesar-9780393932638","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}