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    What Shakespeare stole from Rome
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    What Shakespeare stole from Rome

    By Brian Arkins

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    About this ebook

    What Shakespeare Stole From Rome analyses the multiple ways Shakespeare used

    material from Roman history and Latin poetry in his plays and poems. Three important tragedies deal with the history

    of the Roman Republic: Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarysfort Press Limited
    Release dateMay 14, 2012
    ISBN9781909215795
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