"Envy, Leanness, and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbm5/
Author:
	Irish, Bradley J.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2022
Publication Information:
	Early Theatre 25, no. 2 (2022): 67–81.
DOI:
	10.12745/et.25.2.4854
Annotation:
	Analyzes oft-quoted line from Julius Caesar, "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look" in connection with early modern discourse on envy, noting that Shakespeare departed from source material in making Cassius envious of Caesar, and unpacking implication of leaness and hunger with respect to envy. Argues that Shakespeare’s figuring of envy resonated with contemporary audiences. English summary, 67.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Julius Caesar, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Summer 2024
WSB Record Number:
	bbbm5