Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. About This Volume ix
5. Acknowledgments xii
6. Chronology: Key Historical Events, 82–19 BCE xiv
7. Family Trees: Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Octavius Caesar, Pompey xviii
8. Introduction. Infinite Variety: A Contextual Guide to Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra 1
9. 1. History and Prophecy 11
10. 2. Myth 82
11. 3. Geography 152
12. 4. Gender, Desire, Eroticism 216
13. 5. Theatricality, Festivity, Spectacle 280
14. 6. Emblematic Perspectives 348
15. Coda. Antony and Cleopatra’s Afterlives 386
16. Bibliography 402
17. Index 414