Coriolanus / edited by Lee Bliss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Bliss, Lee, 1943-

Series:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 1984. Cambridge University Press Works.

New Cambridge Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius--Drama.

Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius.

Generals--Drama.

Generals.

Rome--Drama.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus.

Shakespeare, William.

Genre:

Drama.

Tragedies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"This generously annotated updated edition of Coriolanus provides a thorough reconsideration of Shakespeare's remarkable, and probably his last, tragedy. A substantial introduction situates the play within its contemporary social and political contexts - dearth, riots, the struggle over authority between James I and his first parliament, the travails of Essex and Ralegh - and pays particular attention to Shakespeare's shaping of his primary source in Plutarch's Lives. It presents a fresh account of how the protagonist's personal tragedy evolves within Shakespeare's most searching exploration of the political life of a community. The edition is alert throughout to the play's theatrical potential, while the stage history also attends to the politics of performance from the 1680s onwards, including European productions following the Second World War. A new introductory section by Bridget Escolme covers recent productions of Coriolanus, and criticism of the last ten years, with particular focus on gender and the play's politics"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780521429603

0521429609

9780521728744

0521728746

OCLC:

463307674

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