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Caesar in the USA [[electronic resource] /] / Maria Wyke



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Autore: Wyke Maria Visualizza persona
Titolo: Caesar in the USA [[electronic resource] /] / Maria Wyke Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina: 306.20973
Soggetto topico: Political culture - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization Classical influences
Soggetto non controllato: 20th century america
american culture
american entertainment
american history
american industries
american politics
ancient roman history
ancient rome
anthropology
books for history lovers
caesar ideologies
caesar impact on american culture
coffee table books
distractions for kids
easy to read
engaging
home school history books
interesting books
julius caesar
major american events
nonfiction
page turner
political crisis
quarantine books
shaping of the united states
totalitarianism
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Education -- pt. 2. Political culture.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Caesar in the USA  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-64635-8
0-520-95427-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824548503321
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Serie: Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.