Measure for measure

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Title:

Measure for measure

Author:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

ISBN:

9780521854481

9780521670784

Personal Author:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Edition:

Updated ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

viii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

The New Cambridge Shakespeare

Works. 1984. Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

Introduction: Date -- Puritanism, political allusion and censorship -- The sources and their shaping -- The play -- The play on the stage -- Recent stage, film, and critical interpretations / Angela Stock -- Note on the text -- List of characters -- The play -- Textual analysis -- Reading list.

Abstract:

"Since the rediscovery of Elizabethan stage conditions early this century, admiration for Measure for Measure has steadily risen. It is now a favourite with the critics and has attracted widely different styles of performance. At one extreme, the play is seen as a religious allegory; at the other, it has been interpreted as a comedy protesting against power and privilege. Brian Gibbons focuses on the unique tragi-comic experience of watching the play, the intensity and excitement offered by its dramatic rhythm, the reversals and surprises which shock the audience even to the end. His introduction considers how the play's critical reception and stage history have varied according to prevailing social, moral and religious issues, which have remained highly sensitive. This updated edition contains a new introductory section by Angela Stock, which describes recent stage, film and critical interpretations, and an updated reading list."--Jacket.

Personal Subject:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Measure for measure.

Subject Term:

Chastity -- Drama.

Brothers and sisters -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Vienna (Austria) -- Drama.

Added Author:

Gibbons, Brian, 1938-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006283653-t.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006283653-d.html

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Summary

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. For this second edition of Measure for Measure Angela Stock has written a new introductory section that takes account of recent scholarly criticism and important contemporary productions on stage and film. The edition retains the text prepared by Brian Gibbons together with his comprehensive introduction, in which he shows how the play's critical reception and stage history varies from one period to the next according to the prevailing social, moral and religious issues of the day. Gibbons explores the thrilling experience of watching the play in performance, with its shocking reversals and surprises, great tragic poetry and exuberant comic prose. An updated reading list completes the edition.