Coriolanus (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521294029 ISBN 13: 9780521294027

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This generously annotated edition of Coriolanus offers 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 and 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 to the 1990s, including European productions following the Second World War.

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From the Back Cover:

Coriolanus (c. 1608) is Shakespeare's last tragedy, unfolding the career and death of a brilliant and arrogant Roman general. In his loathing for the populace he refuses the ceremonies that attend the consulship, and is ejected from the city by the mob. He revenges himself by allying with Rome's enemies; and only through the intervention of his domineering mother does he spare Rome - a compromise rewarded by his own death. A study of civic virtue and the extremities of pride, Coriolanus offers an ambiguous portrait of heroic purity and popular vulgarity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521294029
• ISBN 13: 9780521294027
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 315
• Editor: Bliss Lee