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Coriolanus is a special case in the Shakespeare canon. Often berated for its aesthetic limitations, it may nevertheless be the earliest literary depiction of the fascist personality a combination of personal romanticism and social authoritarianism. These are fascinating annotations, scholarly and entertaining, and include all works published between 1940 and 1986 that discuss Coriolanus in whole or in part. The volume is divided into sections on criticism, sources and background, textual studies, editions, adaptations, translations, reference books, staging, and productions. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.