Coriolanus A second edition of Coriolanus featuring a new introductory section by Bridget Escolme. Lee Bliss (Edited by), Bridget Escolme (Contributions by) 9780521728744, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 21 January 2010 328 pages, 14 b/w illus.22.8 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.53 kg The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of Coriolanus, edited by Lee Bliss, provides a thorough reconsideration of what was probably Shakespeare's last tragedy. In the introduction, Bliss situates the play within its contemporary social and political contexts and pays particular attention to Shakespeare's manipulation of his primary source in Plutarch's Lives. The edition is alert 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 accounts for recent theatrical productions as well as scholarly criticism of the last decade, with particular emphasis on gender and politics. 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. Subject Areas: Shakespeare studies & criticism [DSGS], Literary studies: general [DSB], Literature: history & criticism [DS], Shakespeare plays [DDS], Literature & literary studies [D]
