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List of Figures and Tables Series Introduction Notes on Contributors Timeline -- Introduction Liam E. Semler (The University of Sydney, Australia) -- 1. -- The Critical Backstory Huw Griffiths (The University of Sydney, Australia) -- 2. -- Performance History Robert Ormsby (Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) -- 3. -- The State of the Art Graham Holderness (University of Hertfordshire, UK) -- 4. -- New Directions: Putting Tongues in Wounds: The Search for an Honest Body in Coriolanus -- Anna Kamaralli (Independent Scholar) -- 5. -- New Directions: 'As if a man were author of himself': Fantasies of Omnipotence and Autonomy Evelyn Gajowski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) -- 6. -- New Directions: Hegel's Rome and Shakespeare's Coriolanus ? Grounds for Tragedy Jennifer Ann Bates (Duquesne University, USA) -- 7. -- New Directions: Coriolanus and the Datasphere Hugh Craig (University of Newcastle, Australia) -- 8. -- 'Teach my mind': Approaches and Resources for the Coriolanus Classroom Claire Hansen (James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) -- Notes Bibliography Index "Coriolanus is the last and most intriguing of Shakespeare's Roman tragedies. Critics, directors and actors have long been bewitched by this gripping character study of a warrior that Rome can neither tolerate nor do without. Caius Martius Coriolanus is a terrifying war machine in battle, a devoted son to a wise and ambitious mother at home, and an inflammatory scorner of the rights and rites of the common people. This Critical Reader opens up the extraordinary range of interpretation the play has elicited over the centuries and offers exciting new directions for scholarship. The volume commences with a Timeline of key events relating to Coriolanus in print and performance and an Introduction by the volume editor. Chapters survey the scholarly reaction to the play over four centuries, the history of Coriolanus on stage and the current research and thinking about the play. The second half of the volume comprises four 'New Directions' essays exploring: the rhetoric and performance of the self, the play's relevance to our contemporary world, an Hegelian approach to the tragedy, and the insights of computer-assisted stylometry. A final chapter critically surveys resources for teaching the play"--
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