Contents

pp v-v

Dedication

pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-viii

List of Classical Abbreviations

pp ix-x

Series Editor’s Preface

pp xi-xii

Introduction: Shakespeare and the Vulnerable Self

pp 1-46

Part I - Julius Caesar

pp 47-48

1 - ‘A Beast without a Heart’: Pietas and Pity in Julius Caesar

pp 49-94

2 - ‘The Northern Star’: Constancy and Passibility in Julius Caesar

pp 95-144

Conclusion to Part I - Shakespeare’s Passion Play

pp 145-174

Part II - Antony and Cleopatra

pp 175-176

3 - ‘The High Roman Fashion’: Suicide and Stoicism in Antony and Cleopatra

pp 177-219

4 - ‘A Spacious Mirror’: Interpellation and the Other in Antony and Cleopatra

pp 220-258

Conclusion to Part II - The Last Interpellation

pp 259-270

Conclusion: Between Humanism and Antihumanism

pp 271-278

Bibliography

pp 279-300

Index

pp 301-308