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Vengeance and War--Rome is in turmoil there is rioting in the streets and open warfare between the varying ruling factions. Coriolanus would bring peace and order to Rome but will Rome let him?You common cry of curs whose breath I hateAs reek o' the rotten fens whose loves I... Read Full Overview

Perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written, Coriolanus is a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics, and its Roman hero one of the most memorable Shakespeare ever created. The introduction to this new edition offers the first... Read Full Overview

This Roman play is one of Shakespeare's last tragedies, best known for its political and military themes. Its hero, Coriolanus, is a proud General who does not hesitate to show his arrogant and outspoken contempt of the Roman rabble. The Tribunes banish him and he raises an... Read Full Overview

Set in the earliest days of the Roman Republic, Coriolanus begins with the common people, or plebeians, in armed revolt against the patricians. The people win the right to be represented by tribunes. Meanwhile, there are foreign enemies near the gates of Rome. The play explores... Read Full Overview

A powerfully topical new translation of Shakespeare's study of military power and political folly.

Complete Unabridged Beautiful Coriolanus by William Shakespeare is one of the finest tragedies ever published. Enjoy it again or for the very first time in this stylish new paperback edition.

First performed in 1609, "Coriolanus" is one of the three Roman tragedies written by William Shakespeare. The play follows Roman hero Caius Marcius, later named Coriolanus for his victory against the neighboring Volscians. Being offered to sit in the senate as a consul in Rome... Read Full Overview

Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. The tragedy is numbered as one of the last two tragedies written by Shakespeare, along with... Read Full Overview

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But famine threatens the city, the citizens' hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and... Read Full Overview

This edition of Coriolanus is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists... Read Full Overview

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