Coriolanus / edited by David George.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George, David, 1940 November 12-

Series:

Shakespeare, the critical tradition.

Shakespeare, the critical tradition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals in literature.

Rome--In literature.

Rome.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus.

Shakespeare, William.

Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius--In literature.

Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (482 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thoemmes Continuum, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Volumes in this series trace the course of Shakespeare criticism, play-by-play, from the earliest items of recorded criticism to the beginnings of the modern period. The focus of the documentary material is from the late 18th century to the first half of the 20th century. Thus the Series makes a major contribution to our understanding of the plays and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism as they have developed from century to century. The introduction to each volume constitutes an important chapter of literary history, tracing the entire critical career of each play from the beginnings

Contents:

CONTENTS; GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 Piety overcomes anger, [1687]; 2 The rules of decorum, 1710; 3 Truly great and truly Roman, 1721; 4 Not only the Spirit, but Manners, of the Romans, 1723; 5 Much my Favourite, 1730; 6 Reasoning up to the Truth of History, 1733; 7 Bred in the court of Nero, 1746; 8 Ill calculated for representation, 1755; 9 The petty cavils of petty minds, 1765; 10 The good sense and shrewd wit of Mencnius, 1765-85; 11 Heroism of a savage kind, 1774; 12 He becomes a man, at last, 1775; 13 The solemn should be kept apart from the ludicrous, 1784

14 Neither base nor treacherous, 179115 Scarce a master of numbers, 1792; 16 Rough, unpleasant, and perhaps disgusting character, 1795; 17 Those virtuous tribunes, 1796; 18 He vomits blasphemy, 1811; 19 Shakspeare's merry humour, 1815; 20 Severe sublimity of his character, 1817; 21 Pretensions, arrogance, and absurdity, 1817; 22 Philosophic impartiality, 1818-19; 23 Hazlitt's concentrated venom, 1818; 24 To one class of persons only is he proud, 1824; 25 The very spirit of classical antiquity, 1832; 26 The grandeur of sculpture, 1837-9; 27 Stern, contemptuous, and unpopular, 1840

28 Rottenness of popular rule, 184629 The stuff of a great general, 1849; 30 So finely blended, 1851; 31 Great virtues as well as great faults, 1855; 32 Virgilia, perfect type of wife and mother, 1855-94; 33 A play of arguments and intercessions, 1856; 34 Class-aggrandizement, 1863; 35 His virtues and his faults to extremes, 1863; 36 Incarnated, uncompromising feudalism, 1871; 37 His towering arrogance, 1872; 38 False to himself, 1873; 39 The man rises with his fall, 1875; 40 Partizan feelings and acts, 1876; 41 The pure embodiment of the aristocratic principle, 1876

42 The grandest woman in Shakspcre, 187743 Still a mystery, 1877; 44 Coriolanus' two sides, good and bad, 1880; 45 Volumnia Victrix, 1880; 46 Mary Arden Shakespeare as Volumnia, 1886; 47 Volumnia's self-control and fiery impulsiveness, 1887; 48 Tragic through his virtues, 1887; 49 A vindication of natural law, 1889; 50 Patrician Rome has conquered, 1889; 51 A pride Titanic, 1891; 52 A very inferior Satan, 1893; 53 A passionate excess of inherently noble traits, 1894; 54 A gigantic will and character, 1896; 55 War as a gigantic duel, 1896; 56 The subtle sin of egoism, 1898

57 An autocratically-minded poet, 189958 The greatest of Shakespear's comedies, 1903; 59 A noble, even a lovable, being, 1904; 60 Shakespeare the Nemesis, 1905; 61 The sin of pride, 1906; 62 The basest of human creatures, 1907; 63 The victim of his own passion, 1910; 64 One of the greatest of Shakespeare's creations, 1911; 65 A huge boy, 1912; 66 Only ward-politics, 1913; 67 An uncowardly Pistol, 1922; 68 The statue of a demi-god cast in bronze, 1922; 69 Plato's man of impulse, 1922; 70 The golden silence of Virgilia, 1922; 71 His ungovernable tongue, 1922

72 Volumnia's false idea of greatness, 1924

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 444-447) and index.

ISBN:

9786611298432

9781281298430

1281298433

9781847141163

1847141161

OCLC:

437129347