Coriolanus: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

Hardback

Main Details

Title Coriolanus: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Authors and Contributors      Edited by David George
Series edited by Professor Brian Vickers
Series edited by Joseph Candido
SeriesShakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:544
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781350157835
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition 2nd edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publication Date 10 February 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

First published in 2004, David George's majestic compendium of criticism relating to Shakespeare's Coriolanus was recognised as a major contribution to teaching and scholarship on the play. This new edition has been updated with a new supplementary introduction by the author tracing criticism on the play since that first publication, including materialist, psychoanalytic and feminist readings, as well as further readings of the play's politics. As with all titles in the series, this edition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume offers, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the substantial introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

Author Biography

David George is Professor Emeritus of English at Urbana University, Ohio, USA. His publications include Coriolanus: The Critical Tradition (2004), A Comparison of Six Adaptations of Shakespeare's Coriolanus (2008) and the 2-volume New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Coriolanus (2019). Edward Gieskes is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina, USA.