02709nam 2200613 a 450 991046194420332120200520144314.01-283-64635-80-520-95427-010.1525/9780520954274(CKB)2670000000259503(EBL)1040633(OCoLC)813286392(SSID)ssj0000755218(PQKBManifestationID)11496242(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755218(PQKBWorkID)10729716(PQKB)11270049(MiAaPQ)EBC1040633(DE-B1597)520304(DE-B1597)9780520954274(Au-PeEL)EBL1040633(CaPaEBR)ebr10611515(CaONFJC)MIL395885(EXLCZ)99267000000025950320120216d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCaesar in the USA[electronic resource] /Maria WykeBerkeley University of California Pressc20121 online resource (321 p.)The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literatureDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-27391-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Education -- pt. 2. Political culture.The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life. In this lively and perceptive book, the first to examine Caesar's place in modern American culture, Maria Wyke investigates how his use has intensified in periods of political crisis, when the occurrence of assassination, war, dictatorship, totalitarianism or empire appears to give him fresh relevance. Her fascinating discussion shows how-from the Latin classroom to the Shakespearean stage, from cinema, television and the comic book to the internet-Caesar is mobilized in the U.S. as a resource for acculturation into the American present, as a prediction of America's future, or as a mode of commercial profit and great entertainment.Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.Political cultureUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesCivilizationClassical influencesElectronic books.Political cultureHistory.306.20973Wyke Maria266724MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461944203321Caesar in the USA2463718UNINA