05327nam 2200697 a 450 991082831910332120200520144314.01-281-29183-897866112918391-84714-192-7(CKB)1000000000409746(EBL)436480(OCoLC)228658439(SSID)ssj0000199873(PQKBManifestationID)12024079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199873(PQKBWorkID)10197312(PQKB)10744008(MiAaPQ)EBC436480(Au-PeEL)EBL436480(CaPaEBR)ebr10224941(CaONFJC)MIL129183(OCoLC)893334211(EXLCZ)99100000000040974620010125d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMeasure for measure /edited by George L. Geckle III1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Athlone Press20011 online resource (419 p.)Shakespeare, the critical traditionDescription based upon print version of record.0-485-81004-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, 181813 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, 185025 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, 187736 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, 190048 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, 190959 'A dramatised Sermon on the Mount of Genius', 1909In 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.Shakespeare, the critical tradition.Brothers and sisters in literatureChastity in literatureComedyBrothers and sisters in literature.Chastity in literature.Comedy.822.3/3Geckle George L1635706MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828319103321Measure for measure3976641UNINA