{"product_id":"a-contextual-guide-to-shakespeares-antony-and-cleopatra-history-myth-gender-9781474494267","title":"A Contextual Guide to Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra: History, Myth, Gender","description":"Employing commentary on the play's main themes, coupled with an editorial apparatus that connects selected primary texts (from Ovid to Montaigne) with Shakespeare's great tragedy, Jyotsna G. Singh and Daniel Vitkus guide the reader through a series of fascinating readings that serve to reconstruct the intellectual and artistic world of \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra \u003c\/i\u003ethrough varied perspectives. This includes chapters on History and Prophecy; Myth; Geography; Gender, Desire, and Eroticism; Theatricality, Festivity, and Spectacle; and Emblematic Perspectives; followed by a Coda describing and analysing some 'Afterlives' of the play on the modern stage. Through their exposure to these thematic frameworks, readers will come to understand more clearly the interpretive possibilities offered by \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra \u003c\/i\u003eas a complex and masterful work of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jyotsna G. Singh,Daniel Vitkus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474494267","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486758920329,"sku":"9781474494267","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3df97318-0ea3-48e8-865c-bdcd1b4270b7.jpg?v=1775543205","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-contextual-guide-to-shakespeares-antony-and-cleopatra-history-myth-gender-9781474494267","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}