Coriolanus( Series - Signet Classic Shakespeare )

This timeless story of an ancient Roman soldier whose political machinations and military might gain him heroic status--yet which lead him to his own assassination--is joined by an Introduction to Shakespeare's life, a reading list, an updated stage and screen history of the play, and essays and commentaries by A.C. Bradley, Wyndham Lewis, and Joyce Van Dyke. (July)

The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.