This richly documented Norton Critical Edition of Julius Caesar is based on the
1623 First Folio text. It is accompanied by a note on the text, an introduction
that sets the biographical and historical stage necessary to appreciate this
richly allusive play, explanatory annotations, a map, and five illustrations.
Sources and Contexts presents possible sources as well as analogues to Julius
Caesar, an account of Shakespeare s understanding of and approach to Roman
history, and Ernest Schanzer s study of the narrative challenges posed by the
play. Criticism includes early commentary by, among others, Samuel Johnson,
William Hazlitt, and Harley Granville-Barker on Julius Caesar as well as