Coriolanus by William Shakespeare - ISBN: 9780140714739
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Shakespeare’s Coriolanus: Authoritative text, illuminating essays, perfect for study.

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  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    23 October 2000

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Summary

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel.

The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes:

  • An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time
  • An introduction to the individual play
  • A detailed note on the text used

Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunm…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140714739
ISBN-10:0140714731
Author:William Shakespeare, Jonathan Crewe, Stephen Orgel, A.R. Braunmuller
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Edition:1st
Release Date:23 October 2000
Weight:153g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 10mm
Series:The Pelican Shakespeare
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A remarkable edition, one that makes Shakespeare’s extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever.”—James Shapiro, professor, Columbia University, bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599

“A feast of literary and historical information.”—The Wall Street Journal

About The Author

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

A. R. Braunmuller is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (King John) and Cambridge (Macbeth) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare.

Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. His books include Imagining Shakespeare, The Authentic Shakespeare, Impersonations - The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare’s England and The Illusion of Power.

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