Caesar in the USA

by Maria Wyke

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520273915
• ISBN13: 9780520273917
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"