Julius Caesar

RICHARD WILSON is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Lancaster and Visiting Professor of Shakespeare at The Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III). He is the author of Will Power: Essays in Shakespearean Authority and a study of Julius Caesar and has edited collections on New Historicism and Renaissance Drama and Christopher Marlow.

• AcknowledgementsGeneral Editors' PrefaceIntroductionThe Crisis of the Aristocracy in  Julius Caesar ;  W. Rebhorn'Is this a holiday?': Shakespeare's Roman Carnival;  R. Wilson'Fashion it thus':  Julius Caesar  and the Politics of Theatrical Representation;  J. DrakakisThe Roman Actor:  Julius Caesar ;  J. GoldbergCollective Violence and Sacrifice in  Julius Caesar ;  R. Girard'Thou Bleeding Piece of Earth': The Ritual Ground of  Julius Caesar ;  N. Con Liebler'In the spirit of men there is no blood': Blood as Trope of Gender in  Julius Caesar ;  G. Kern PasterPortia's Wound, Calphurnia's Dream: Reading Character in  Julius Caesar ;  C. MarshallBardicide;  G. TaylorVicissitudes of the Public Sphere:  Julius Caesar ;  R. HalpernFurther ReadingNotes on ContributorsIndex.