Measure for Measure: The Oxford Shakespeare - Oxford World's Classics - William Shakespeare - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780199535842 - May 15, 2008
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Measure for Measure: The Oxford Shakespeare - Oxford World's Classics


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When Claudio breaks the new laws against vice in Vienna by getting his fiancee, Julietta, pregnant, a series of ethical issues is brought under scrutiny. His sister's virtue is held to ransom by the deputy ruler of the city until justice is done, mercy shown, and order restored. This is among Shakespeare's most vivid dramatic projections of moral duplicity. The introduction discusses the origins of his treatment of the well-known story and examines his sources. The editor also sets the play in its historical context and offers the most comprehensive available account of the text's theatrical life form Restoration adaptations to present-day productions.


272 pages, halftones

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 15, 2008
ISBN13 9780199535842
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 196 × 129 × 17 mm   ·   290 g
Language English  
Editor Bawcutt, N. W. (Reader in English Literature, Reader in English Literature, University of Liverpool)

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