Julius Caesar in English Literature from Chaucer through the Renaissance.

Author / Editor
Owen, Trevor Allen.

Title
Julius Caesar in English Literature from Chaucer through the Renaissance.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 27.11 (1967): 3847A.

Description
Surveys medieval and Renaissance accounts and allusions to Julius Caesar as background to analysis of Shakespeare's depiction of him in "Julius Caesar," including commentary on Chaucer's several references to Caesar and analysis of the Caesar section in MkT. Generally, Chaucer's references and depictions represent him as a "very great and good man," an example of the contrast "between prosperity and adversity."

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale