A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare CORIOLANUS Volume I

A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare CORIOLANUS Volume IThe first New Variorum edition of Coriolanus, by Horace Howard Furness, Jr., was published in 1928. The present edition follows Furnesss but does not replace it because frequently the more recent scholarship and criticism recorded here could be accommodated only by reducing Furnesss fuller treatment of earlier material. The reader who finds this edition useful is urged to consult Furnesss as well to obtain a fuller account on many subjects. Niels

The first New Variorum edition of Coriolanus, by Horace Howard Furness, Jr., was published in 1928. The present edition follows FurnessÕs but does not replace it because frequently the more recent scholarship and criticism recorded here could be accommodated only by reducing FurnessÕs fuller treatment of earlier material. The reader who finds this edition useful is urged to consult FurnessÕs as well to obtain a fuller account on many subjects.

Niels Herold wrote the section on Music and Sound Effects, and Sylvia Bryant and Ian Aspinall translated German criticism. Megan-Marie Johnson collaborated with me on the Plan of the Work, on the collations necessary to compile the Textual Notes, and on the Commentary. Ashley Spriggs helped revise the Plan of the Work and the Textual Notes. Both of these latter assistants also had a hand in all the other sections of the edition...