Measure for measure / edited by George L. Geckle III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geckle, George L.

Series:

Shakespeare, the critical tradition.

Shakespeare, the critical tradition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Siblings in literature.

Chastity in literature.

Comedy.

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

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Athlone Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this critical evaluation of the classic, the discussion focuses on the nature of the major characters, the morality of their behavior, the conclusion of the play, and the genre of a play that was listed in the First Folio as a comedy. The contents of this volume cover texts by English, American and European scholars and critics including Malone, Stevens, Schlegel, Hazlitt, Coleridge, Hallam, Gervinus, Bagehot, Pater, Dowden, Furnivall, Swinburne, Symons, Boas, Shaw, Bradley, Chambers, Bridges, Masefield and Croce.

Contents:

CONTENTS; GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 Correcting Shakespeare's editors, 1783; 2 Isabella 'pious, . . . determined, and eloquent', 1789; 3 Topical allusions in Measure for Measure, 1790; 4 Identifying the main source, explaining the text, 1793; 5 On the play's sources, 1807; 6 'A faulty play, 1807; 7 Character and characterization, 1808; 8 'The triumph of mercy over strict justice', 1815; 9 Measure for Measure in performance, 1816; 10 Isabella, a 'lovely example of female excellence', 1817; 11 'A general system of cross-purposes', 1817; 12 The Family Shakespeare, 1818

13 Character and morality in Measure for Measure, 182214 The play's major source, 1824; 15 A play about mercy, 1826; 16 Isabella compared to Portia, 1832; 17 A 'hateful' and 'painful' play, 1835, 1836; 18 A struggle between drama and philosophy, 1839; 19 An introduction to the play, 1840; 20 On the play's date and sources, 1842; 21 Striking passages in a play that gives little pleasure, 1845; 22 An expression of New Testament morality, 1846; 23 'This remarkable drama', 1847; 24 The betrothal contracts and their significance, 1850

25 Dispraise for Angelo, praise for Isabella, ambivalence about the Duke, 1851; 26 Angelo a natural hypocrite, 1853; 27 Sympathy for Angelo, criticism of Isabella, 1854; 28 An uncongenial play, 1856; 29 On Isabella, the epitome of goodness, and some minor characters, 1863; 30 A play expressing equity, not justice, 1863; 31 'The central expression' of Shakespeare's 'moral judgments', 1874; 32 A dark and bitter play, 1875; 33 Mediation by the monastic life, 1875; 34 The place of Measure for Measure in Shakespeare's canon, 1877; 35 Measure for Measure and Roman Catholicism, 1877

36 On the play's analogues and early performance, 1880; 37 A tragedy, 1880; 38 Measure for Measure as dramatic literature, 1886-1909; 39 A lesson from the Sermon on the Mount, 1889; 40 The 'painfulness' of Measure for Measure, 1889; 41 A 'disconsolate and bitter' play, 1891; 42 A recapitulation of Shakespeare's earlier work, 1894; 43 A problem play, 1896; 44 Measure for Measure and Puritan hypocrisy, 1898; 45 Shakespeare elevated 'a degraded and repellent theme', 1898; 46 A play 'full of prophetic intimations', 1899; 47 A 'painful and repellent' play, 1900

48 Measure for Measure as 'a moral experiment', 190349 Miscellaneous comments, 1904; 50 A critical introduction, 1905; 51 An 'unclassifiable play' with a 'half satirical title', 1905; 52 'The limits of comedy ... sorely strained', 1906; 53 Measure for Measure and 'the philosophy of morals', 1906; 54 On the 'inconsistency in the character of Angelo', 1907; 55 Shakespeare's representation of 'a weak world', 1907; 56 A play dramatizing 'the central truth of Christian morality', 1907; 57 A play better read than acted, 1907; 58 Duke Vincentio as Shakespeare's alter ego, 1909

59 'A dramatised Sermon on the Mount of Genius', 1909

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-29183-8

9786611291839

1-84714-192-7

OCLC:

228658439