Led by Natalie Haynes, this podcast takes a lighthearted and satirical look at ancient history and literature. Many of her episodes are recorded in front of a live audience. Click here for more information. Episode Length 30 minutes Selected Episodes
Yoder, R. A.
Yoder, R. A. “History and the Histories in Julius Caesar.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 3, 1973, pp. 309–327. JSTOR, doi:10.2307/2868355.
Thomas, Miranda Fay
Thomas, Miranda Fay. “Political Acts and Political Acting: Roman Gesture and Julius Caesar.” Early Modern Literary Studies: A Journal of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century English Literature, vol. 25, 2016. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2018140150&site=ehost-live.
Rollins, Lauren Leigh
Rollins, Lauren Leigh. “‘Republicans’ Behaving Badly: Anachronism, Monarchy, and the English Imperial Model in Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.” Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England: An Annual Gathering of Research, Criticism and Reviews, vol. 30, 2017, pp. 165–180. EBSCOhost,
Lovascio, Domenico
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.
Chernaik, Warren
Chernaik, Warren. The Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. Cambridge University Press, 2011. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1017/CBO9780511921841.
Arnold, Oliver
Arnold, Oliver. The Third Citizen : Shakespeare’s Theater and the Early Modern House of Commons. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. search.ebscohost.com.fscproxy.framingham.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2007581099&site=ehost-live.
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