Coriolanus

Informationen zum Autor Bridget Escolme is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. Klappentext Updated edition of Coriolanus! providing detailed commentary and a substantial introduction! including a new section on recent criticism and performances. Zusammenfassung Shakespeare's Roman play Coriolanus was probably his last tragedy! and represents the playwright's most searching exploration of the political life of a community. This annotated second edition provides full explanatory notes! and a substantial introduction which has been updated by Bridget Escolme to include the most recent criticism and productions of the play. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: date, theatre, chronology; Sources; Contemporary contexts: dearth, riots, rebellions; Politics and the franchise; Essex and Ralegh; The play; Coriolanus on Shakespeare's stage; Stage history; Recent stage and critical interpretations, by Bridget Escolme; Note on the text; List of characters; THE PLAY; Textual analysis; Appendix: lineation; Reading list.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Bliss, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Lee Bliss (Editor), Bliss Lee (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521429603
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42960-3
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The; New cambridge shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > History; English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literature & literary studies, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights