Lovascio, Domenico. “Rewriting Julius Caesar as a National Villain in Early Modern English Drama.” English Literary Renaissance, vol. 47, no. 2, 2017, pp. 218–250. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1086/693892.
Rome in Elizabethan England
While Queen Elizabeth I ruled England, her person and government gave playwrights, pamphleteers, and others contributing to popular culture much fodder with which to debate the country’s ethics, religion, and politics. Of course, criticizing Queen and country was risky business. Rome