{"product_id":"coriolanus-a-critical-reader-9781350213654","title":"Coriolanus: A Critical Reader","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Critical Reader opens up the extraordinary range of interpretation the play has elicited over the centuries and offers exciting new directions for scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume commences with a Timeline of key events relating to \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e on stage, and the current research and thinking about the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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, a Hegelian approach to the tragedy, and the insights of computer-assisted stylometry. A final chapter critically surveys resources for teaching the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596052742380,"sku":"9781350213654","price":65.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ce8c505c18d4b3ec10321c137ae78208.jpg?v=1777931667","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/coriolanus-a-critical-reader-9781350213654","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}