CORIOLANUS by Anita Pacheco ( 9780746311479 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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CORIOLANUS

By:

Anita Pacheco

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0746311478

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9780746311479

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NORTHCOTE HOUSE PUBLISHERS LTD

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Writers & Their Work

Pages:

132

Synopsis:

A stimulating new reading of Shakespeare's last tragedy which situates it within its own historical period and presents a lucid reappraisal of its representation of class conflict. In adapting Plutarch for the stage Shakespeare smoothed out the the radical political edges of his source transforming its history of ruling class oppression into a tragedy of the internal contradictions of aristocratic honour. It also evaluates the role of Volumnia as the embodiment of the Roman ideal of aristocratic motherhood and examines the way this most political of Shakespeare's plays is regularly revived and appropriated in times of political crisis. CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Text Antique Romans in Renaissance England Class Conflict The Contradictions of Honour Mother and Son Appropriations Notes Select Bibliography Index AUTHOR:Anita Pacheco isa Lecturer in the English Department, the Open University

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