Measure for Measure: The Oxford ShakespeareMeasure for Measure

by William Shakespeare, N. W. Bawcutt (Editor)

Overview

Shakespeare's vivid dramatic projection of moral and ethical issues in Measure for Measure has given the play great appeal to both readers and theatergoers. Exploring the play's qualities as a complex work of art written specifically for the theater, the introduction to this new edition sets the play in its historical context, discussing the originality of Shakespeare's treatment of a well-known story. Bawcutt explains the obsolete marriage customs, and also offers a comprehensive account of the text's theatrical afterlife from Restoration adaptations to recent productions.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199535842
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/15/2008
Series:	Oxford World's Classics Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	175,945
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	15 - 18 Years

About the Author

N. R. Bawcutt is Reader in English Literature, University of Liverpool

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; General Introduction: uMeasure for Measure/u as a Jacobean play, Sources, The Play in Performance, The Play; Textual Introduction; Editorial Procedures; MEASURE FOR MEASURE; Appendix A: Longer Textual Notes; Appendix B: Alterations to Lineation; Appendix C: John Wilson's Setting of ‘Take, O Take'; Index to the Commentary