LEADER 05327nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910828319103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-29183-8 010 $a9786611291839 010 $a1-84714-192-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000409746 035 $a(EBL)436480 035 $a(OCoLC)228658439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199873 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12024079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199873 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10197312 035 $a(PQKB)10744008 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436480 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224941 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL129183 035 $a(OCoLC)893334211 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000409746 100 $a20010125d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMeasure for measure /$fedited by George L. Geckle III 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cAthlone Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (419 p.) 225 1 $aShakespeare, the critical tradition 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-485-81004-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 327 $a13 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 327 $a25 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 327 $a36 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 327 $a48 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 327 $a59 'A dramatised Sermon on the Mount of Genius', 1909 330 $aIn this critical evaluation of the classic, the discussion focuses on the nature of the major characters, the morality of their behavior, the conclusion of the play, and the genre of a play that was listed in the First Folio as a comedy. The contents of this volume cover texts by English, American and European scholars and critics including Malone, Stevens, Schlegel, Hazlitt, Coleridge, Hallam, Gervinus, Bagehot, Pater, Dowden, Furnivall, Swinburne, Symons, Boas, Shaw, Bradley, Chambers, Bridges, Masefield and Croce. 410 0$aShakespeare, the critical tradition. 606 $aBrothers and sisters in literature 606 $aChastity in literature 606 $aComedy 615 0$aBrothers and sisters in literature. 615 0$aChastity in literature. 615 0$aComedy. 676 $a822.3/3 701 $aGeckle$b George L$01635706 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828319103321 996 $aMeasure for measure$93976641 997 $aUNINA