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Measure for Measure (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) - Softcover

Book 19 of 41: The New Cambridge Shakespeare
 
9780521670784: Measure for Measure (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521670780 ISBN 13: 9780521670784
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

A second edition of Measure for Measure, featuring a new introductory section by Angela Stock.

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Book Description

This second edition of Measure for Measure features a new section by Angela Stock, which focuses on recent scholarly criticism and important contemporary productions on stage and film. An updated reading list completes the edition.

Synopsis

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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521670780
ISBN 13 
9780521670784
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
236
Editor
Gibbons Brian