Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Will America Fall Like Rome?

Companion lectures and interviews:

• Katharina Volk on the lives of Cicero and Caesar:

• Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare's literary genius:

Recommended books:

• David Lowenthal, Shakespeare's Thought, Amazon (affiliate)

  • Chapter 4 explores the “Caesar wanted to die” thesis

• John Alvis, Shakespeare's Understanding Of Honor, Amazon (affiliate)

• Colin Burrow, Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity, Amazon (affiliate)

• René Girard, Theatre of Envy, Amazon (affiliate)

• Scott F. Crider, With What Persuasion, Amazon (affiliate)

• Frank Kermode, Shakespeare’s Language, Amazon (affiliate)

• Paul Cantor, Shakespeare’s Rome, Amazon (affiliate)