Coriolanus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486426884)

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Coriolanus

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Coriolanus

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A highly political play, Coriolanus concerns a military hero of ancient Rome who attempts to shift from his career as a general to become a candidate for public office -- a disastrous move that leads to his collaborating with the enemy and heading an attack on Rome. Despite his battlefield confidence and accomplishments, Coriolanus proves psychologically ill-suited as a candidate for the office of consul and makes an easy scapegoat for the restless citizenry and his political opponents.
The last of Shakespeare's tragedies, Coriolanus was written in approximately 1608 and derived from Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. A timeless tale of pride, revenge, and political chicanery, it remains ever-relevant for modern readers and audiences.

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 0486426882
ISBN-13: 9780486426884
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2003
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.30w x 0.36d
By William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
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"He was not of an age, but for all time," declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.

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