Coriolanus
By: William Shakespeare ; edited by Peter Holland
Contributors: Holland, Peter, 1951- editor
Series: The Arden Shakespeare; Arden Shakespeare
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama; History
Description: 'Coriolanus' was first published in the First Folio of 1623; we have no recording of a first performance contemporary with Shakespeare. As a result, dating the play has proven to be a difficult task, with most modern critics placing the writing of the play in the second half of the 1610s. Affording 'Coriolanus' a genre is similarly tricky: it is 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus' in the First Folio, but it is deeply indebted to the sub-genre of 'Roman plays' that form a significant part of the Shakespearean oeuvre.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2013.

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