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Shakespeare’s Roman Plays and Their Background

by M. W. MacCallum

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Chapter II — Shakespeare’s Treatment of History
  5. 5Chapter III — Ancestry of Shakespeare’s Roman Plays
  6. 6Julius Caesar
  7. 7Chapter II — Shakespeare’s Transmutation of His Material
  8. 8Chapter III — The Titular Hero of the Play
  9. 9Chapter IV — The Excellences and Illusions of Brutus
  10. 10Chapter V — The Disillusionment of Brutus — Portia
  11. 11Chapter VI — The Remaining Characters
  12. 12Antony and Cleopatra
  13. 13Chapter II — Antony and Cleopatra, a History, Tragedy, and Love Poe…
  14. 14Chapter III — The Associates of Antony
  15. 15Chapter IV — The Political Leaders
  16. 16Chapter V — Mark Antony
  17. 17Chapter VI — Cleopatra
  18. 18Chapter VII — Antony and Cleopatra
  19. 19Coriolanus
  20. 20Chapter II — Parallels and Contrasts With Plutarch
  21. 21Chapter III — The Grand Contrast — Shakespeare’s Conception of the…
  22. 22Chapter IV — The Kinsfolk and Friends of Coriolanus
  23. 23Chapter V — The Greatness of Coriolanus. Aufidius
  24. 24Chapter VI — The Disasters of Coriolanus and Their Causes
  25. 25Appendix A — Nearest Parallels Between Garnier’s Cornelie, in the F…
  26. 26Appendix B
  27. 27Appendix C
  28. 28Appendix D
  29. 29Appendix E
  30. 30Appendix F

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