Coriolanus (Vol. 64) | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Adelman, Janet. “Escaping the Matrix: The Construction of Masculinity in Coriolanus.” In Shakespeare's Tragedies, edited by Susan Zimmerman, pp. 23-45. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Offers a psychological analysis of the play's image of a mother (Rome, Volumnia) who has not nourished her children (the Roman citizens, Coriolanus).
Bathryo, Dennis. “‘With Himself at War’: Shakespeare's Roman Hero and the Republican Tradition.” In Shakespeare's Political Pageant: Essays in Literature and Politics, edited by Joseph Alulis and Vickie Sullivan, pp. 237-61. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1996.
Demonstrates the way in which Shakespeare's treatment of Roman republicanism in Coriolanus and Julius Caesar reveals the playwright's skepticism regarding Rome's ability to both nurture the virtue of its citizenry and maintain its military...
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