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Author : Maria Wyke

Date : 2008-08-31

Page : 316

Rating : 4.5

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Caesar A Life in Western Culture Wyke ~ More than two millennia have passed since Brutus and his companions murdered Julius Caesar—and inaugurated his legend Though the assassins succeeded in ending Caesar’s dictatorship they could never have imagined that his power and influence would only grow after his death reaching mythic proportions and establishing him as one of the central icons of Western culture fascinating 
Caesar A Life in Western Culture by Maria Wyke an excerpt ~ Caesar in Western culture If Julius Caesar acquired in antiquity the highly volatile fame which Cicero had foretold During the course of the Middle Ages however he became far more than a famed or infamous historical figure Now he was a fable almost a myth more than human and almost holy
Caesar A Life in Western Culture  ~ This book surveys western culture from Caesars time to the 21st century and shows how Caesars life has been used through numerous time periods and by many cultures to promote various political andor spiritual agendas Two very strong conclusions can be drawn from Wykes investigation 1 Caesar was without a doubt an extraordinary person 
Project MUSE  Caesar A Life in Western Culture review ~ Caesar A Life in Western Culture By Maria Wyke  Maria Wyke solidifies her standing as our leading student of the European and more generally of the Western reception of Julius Caesar Here she has written what she describes as a metabiography of Caesar an account of selected episodes in his life viewed in terms of their subsequent 
Caesar A Life in Western Culture by Maria Wyke ~ This book surveys western culture from Caesars time to the 21st century and shows how Caesars life has been used through numerous time periods and by many cultures to promote various political andor spiritual agendas
Customer reviews Caesar A Life in Western  ~ This book surveys western culture from Caesars time to the 21st century and shows how Caesars life has been used through numerous time periods and by many cultures to promote various political andor spiritual agendas
Julius Caesar in Western Culture  Wiley Online Books ~ Maria Wyke is Professor of Latin at University College London She is author of Projecting the Past Ancient Rome Cinema and History 1997 and The Roman Mistress Ancient and Modern Representations 2000 and is now working on her next publication Caesar A Life in Western Culture 2006
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Wyke CAESAR A LIFE IN WESTERN CULTURE ~ Wyke CAESAR A LIFE IN WESTERN CULTURE Peter Jones Literary Review November 2007  To me the interest of Wyke’s book lies in her use of the ancient sources for Caesar’s life Here she does a proper job For example she looks at the story that aged 26 Caesar was captured by pirates He instructed friends to gather a vast ransom and 
Caesar  a life in western culture Book 2008  ~ Get this from a library Caesar  a life in western culture Maria Wyke  More than two millennia have passed since Brutus and his companions murdered Julius Caesar  and inaugurated his legend Though the assassins succeeded in ending Caesars dictatorship they could