Coriolanus
Shakespeare, William
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From Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 03 August 2006
About this Item
Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP63023066
Bibliographic Details
Title: Coriolanus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
About this title
Based on the Roman chronicles of Plutarch's Lives and Livy's History of Rome, the play is set in the early years of the Roman Republic. Its famous opening scene, particularly admired by Bertolt Brecht, portrays its citizens as starving and rebellious, and horrified by the arrogant and dismissive attitude of Caius Marcius, one of Rome's most valiant but also political naive soldiers. Spurred on by his ambitious mother Volumnia, Caius takes the city of Corioles, is renamed Coriolanus in honour of his victory, and is encouraged to run for senate. However, his contempt for the citizens, who he calls "scabs" and "musty superfluity" ultimately leads to his exile and destructive alliance with his deadly foe, Aufidius. Despite its relative unpopularity, Coriolanus is a fascinating study of both public and personal life. Its language is dense and complex, as its representation of the tensions built into the fabric of Roman political life. Yet it also contains extraordinarily intimate scenes between Coriolanus and both his mother, who ultimately proves "most mortal" to her own son, and his enemy Aufidius, whose "rapt heart" is happier to see Coriolanus than his own wife. One of Shakespeare's darker and more disturbing plays. --Jerry Brotton
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