Coriolanus : a critical reader / edited by Liam E. Semler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Semler, L. E., editor.

Series:

Arden early modern drama

Arden early modern drama guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Study and teaching.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xviii, 291 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : The Arden Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Critical Backstory / Huw Griffiths

2. Performance History / Robert Ormshy

3. State of the Art / Graham Holderness

4. New Directions: Putting Tongues in Wounds: The Search for an Honest Body in Coriolanus / Anna Kamaralli

5. New Directions: `As if a man were author of himself': Fantasies of Omnipotence and Autonomy / Evelyn Gajowski

6. New Directions: Hegel's Rome and Shakespeare's Coriolanus: Grounds for Tragedy / Jennifer Ann Bates

7. New Directions: Coriolanus and the Datasphere / Hugh Craig

8. `Teach my mind': Approaches and Resources for the Coriolanus Classroom / Claire Hansen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Coriolanus

ISBN:

9781350213654

1350213659

OCLC:

1224043410

Publisher Number:

99987392524

99992658336