A collection of nine critical essays on the Shakespeare tragedy, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Harold Bloom -- Julius Caesar : the Roman tragedy / Derek Traversi -- Ritual and Julius Caesar / Lawrence Danson -- Dream and interpretation : Julius Caesar / Marjorie B. Garber -- Julius Caesar : social order and the kinetic world / Michael Long -- "Thou bleeding piece of Earth : the ritual ground of Julius Caesar / Naomi Conn Liebler -- Rhetoric in ancient Rome / Anne Barton -- The Roman actor : Julius Caesar / Jonathan Goldberg -- Brutus's nature and Shakespeare's art / A.D. Nuttall -- Ironic heroism in Julius Caesar : a repudiation of the past / James C. Bulman.