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Assassin on stage : Brutus, Hamlet, and the death of Lincoln

by Furtwangler, Albert, 1942-

Format: Print Book 1991
Availability: Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies

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Andrew Carnegie Free Library Civil War 973.7 FURTWA
Location  Andrew Carnegie Free Library
 
Collection  Civil War
 
Call Number  973.7 FURTWA
 
 
CLP - Main Library Second Floor - Non-fiction PR3112.F87 1991
Location  CLP - Main Library
 
Collection  Second Floor - Non-fiction
 
Call Number  PR3112.F87 1991
 
 

Summary
Highlighting John Wilkes Booth's deep association with the assassins of Shakespeare's plays, interprets the 1865 assassination of Lincoln as a manifestation of the classical tragedy, then applies it to the drama of US history. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Additional Information
Subjects Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1800-1950.
Brutus, Marcus Junius, -- 85 B.C.?-42 B.C. -- In literature.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Julius Caesar.
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Hamlet.
Booth, John Wilkes, -- 1838-1865.
Booth, Edwin, -- 1833-1893.
Political plays, English -- History and criticism.
Assassination in literature.
Tragedy.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
Publisher Urbana :University of Illinois Press,1991
Language English
Description x, 168 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
ISBN 0252017463 (alk. paper)
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