Julius Caesar: A Critical Reader

Andrew James Hartley is Robinson Professor of Shakespeare studies at UNC Charlotte, USA and is the author of The Shakespearean Dramaturg, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare and Political Theatre and the editor of Shakespeare on the University Stage as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. From 2003 to 2013, he was the general editor of Shakespeare Bulletin.

• SSeries Introduction (Series Editors Andrew Hiscock & Lisa Hopkins) Julius Caesar Timeline (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)Introduction (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)The Critical Backstory (Daniel Cadman, Sheffield Hallam University, UK)Performance History (Andrew James Hartley, UNC Charlotte, USA)The State of the Art (Domenico Lovascio, University of Genoa, Italy)New DirectionsJulius Caesar, Ovidian Transformation and the Martyred Body on the Early Modern Stage (Lisa S. Starks-Estes,University of South Florida St. Petersburg, UK)Nietzsche’s Caesar: Striking Our Debt to Moral Tragedy (Todd Landon Barnes, Ramapo College, USA)The Ambivalence of Julius Caesar (John Curran, Marquette University, USA)The Death of the Roman Republic: Julius Caesar and Cicero (Warren Chernaik, King’s College, London, UK)

I’m very impressed by this series. I think its success lies in part in the general editors’ wise selection of volume editors who are both intellectually open-minded and capable of assembling strong, diverse teams of contributors.