Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Jennifer Mulherin

Publisher: Cherrytree Books

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780745152004

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Discusses the plot, characters, and historical background of the Shakespeare play. Suggested level: secondary.


The Complete Pelican Shakespeare

The Complete Pelican Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-10-01

Total Pages: 1810

ISBN-13: 0141000589

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This major new complete edition of Shakespeare's works combines accessibility with the latest scholarship. Each play and collection of poems is preceded by a substantial introduction that looks at textual and literary-historical issues. The texts themselves have been scrupulously edited and are accompanied by same-page notes and glossaries. Particular attention has been paid to the design of the book to ensure that this first new edition of the twenty-first century is both attractive and approachable.


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Adrian Goldsworthy

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 2010-07-15

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 0297858661

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The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of Caesar. ***** The monumental love affair between Antony and Cleopatra has been depicted in countless novels, plays and films. As one of the three men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day. And Cleopatra, who had already been Julius Caesar's lover, was the beautiful queen of Egypt, Rome's most important province. The clash of cultures, the power politics, and the personal passion have proven irresistible to storytellers. But in the course of this storytelling dozens of myths have grown up. The popular image of Cleopatra in ancient Egyptian costume is a fallacy; she was actually Greek. Despite her local dominance in Egypt, her real power came from her ability to forge strong personal allegiances with the most important men in Rome. Likewise, Mark Antony was not the bluff soldier of legend, brought low by his love for an exotic woman - he was first and foremost a politician, and never allowed Cleopatra to dictate policy to him. In this history, based exclusively on ancient sources and archaeological evidence, Adrian Goldsworthy gives us the facts behind this famous couple and dispels many myths. 'Excellent' Tom Holland 'Refreshingly frank' Mary Beard


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Sara M. Deats

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 113588790X

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This collection of twenty original essays will expand the critical contexts in which Antony and Cleopatra can be enjoyed as both literature and theater.


New Heaven, New Earth

New Heaven, New Earth

Author: Jan H. Blits

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2009-06-16

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0739138251

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Patterned after his previous books on Shakespeare's plays, Jan H. Blits's New Heaven, New Earth is a scene-by-scene, line-by-line philosophical study of Antony and Cleopatra. Combining close attention to detail with interpretive breadth, Blits approaches Shakespeare as a first-rank thinker who, master of his own thought and writing, produced plays and poetry with an infinitely conscious art, like any commonly recognized philosophical poet. Treating the play as a fully coherent whole, Blits shows that Antony and Cleopatra, as much a history play as a love story, depicts the transition from the pagan to the Christian world_from the aftermath of the collapse of the Roman Republic and the decline of the pagan gods to the emergence of the Roman Empire and the conditions giving rise to Christianity. Instead of being organized thematically, New Heaven, New Earth follows the play from beginning to end, closely examining Shakespeare's text on its own terms and not on the terms of modern literary theory. Using this approach, Blits draws significant and insightful conclusions that will satisfy the interests of scholars of politics, literature, and history alike.


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Vanessa Redgrave

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 9780571212354

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The Actors on Shakespeare series draws on the contemporary relevance and enjoyment to be found in Shakespeare. Each book contains a personal response to a particular character, in this case Vanessa Redgrave offers her view of Cleopatra.


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780393930771

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William Shakespeare's great Roman tragedy of adultery amid political conflict is now available in a richly documented and illustrated Norton Critical Edition.


Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Author: Colleen McCullough

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 836

ISBN-13: 1476767653

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In this final novel in the Roman series, McCullough turns her attention to the legendary romance of Antony and Cleopatra.


Actium 31 BC

Actium 31 BC

Author: Si Sheppard

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Published: 2009-06-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781846034053

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Osprey's examination of the Battle of Actium, which was the decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic (32-30 BC). In 32 BC, the Roman Republic declared war on Egypt and set in motion a chain of events that would tear the Republic apart. In Rome, the forces of the western republic were marshaled together under Octavian (the future Emperor Augustus) and Marcus Agrippa. In the east, armies were gathered under the leadership of the famous lovers, Marc Antony and Cleopatra. On September 2, 31 BC, the forces of Octavian and Marcus Agrippa managed to trap their enemies in the Gulf of Actium. Although Anthony and Cleopatra managed to escape, their army and navy, along with their hopes for victory were crushed. A few months later, the lovers would commit suicide. Their death saw the end of the war and the end of the Roman Republic. Now wielding supreme power, Octavian declared himself Emperor. Actium has remained one of the most famous battles of the Ancient World thanks to its colorful cast of characters that have been reinvented by the writings of Shakespeare and the stars of the silver screen. This new book tells the true story of the decisive and bloody battle that would once and for all seal the fate of the Roman Republic.