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Coriolanus: A Critical Reader (Paperback)
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Coriolanus: A Critical Reader (Paperback)
Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
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Coriolanus is the last and most intriguing of Shakespeare's Roman
tragedies. Critics, directors and actors have long been bewitched
by this gripping character study of a warrior that Rome can neither
tolerate nor do without. Caius Martius Coriolanus is a terrifying
war machine in battle, a devoted son to a wise and ambitious mother
at home, and an inflammatory scorner of the rights and rites of the
common people. This Critical Reader opens up the extraordinary
range of interpretation the play has elicited over the centuries
and offers exciting new directions for scholarship. The volume
commences with a Timeline of key events relating to Coriolanus in
print and performance and an Introduction by the volume editor.
Chapters survey the scholarly reaction to the play over four
centuries, the history of Coriolanus on stage and the current
research and thinking about the play. The second half of the volume
comprises four 'New Directions' essays exploring: the rhetoric and
performance of the self, the play's relevance to our contemporary
world, an Hegelian approach to the tragedy, and the insights of
computer-assisted stylometry. A final chapter critically surveys
resources for teaching the play.
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