Understanding Shakespeare's Julius CaesarOnline : A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

This lively gathering of materials about Shakespeare's Julius Caesar will enrich students' understanding of the historical context of the play and encourage interpretations of its cultural meaning. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar reflects perennial cultural concerns about order and freedom, particularly as they clash in the figures of Caesar and Brutus. This innovative experiment in Shakespeare literacy features a wide variety of materials--from a modernized text of Plutarch's lives of Caesar and Brutus set on facing pages for easy comparison, to historical and contemporary parodies, to a rap version of the play. Most of the materials presented here are available in no other printed form. Study questions, project ideas, and bibliographies provide additional sources for examining the cultural and historical context of the play.Derrick, Thomas J. is the author of 'Understanding Shakespeare's Julius CaesarOnline : A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents', published 2002 under ISBN 9780313325083 and ISBN 0313325081.