An undergraduate student wants to find information on the background to Shakespeare's play
'Coriolanus' for an essay he is writing. Here are some of the resources he finds and then
rejects. Each illustrates a different aspect of relevance. Click on the 'Rejected reason' link for details.
Reject 1
A copy of Coriolanus with notes aimed at secondary school pupils enitled "Oxford School
Shakespeare: Coriolanus" by William Shakespeare. Edited by Roma Gill. ISBN: 019832006X.
Reject 2
An article in the scholarly electronic journal 'Renaissance Forum' entitled
'The End of Absolutism: Shakespeare's Coriolanus and the Consensual Nature of
the Early Modern State' by Paul Cefalu. Vol.4, No.2.
Reject 3
A website about Coriolanus that simply contains the play with no background information.
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