Description
Book SynopsisThis Norton Critical Edition looks at the full range of opinion and interpretation of this major play from its origins to the present day, from its genius (William Hazlitt) to its being a hateful work, although Shakespearean throughout (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), and beyond.
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
The Text of Measure for Measure
A Note on the Text
Textual Variants
SOURCES
PROBABLE SOURCES
1. Giraldi Cinthio : From Hecatommithi
2.
1. : From The Tragedy of Epitia
PRIMARY SOURCES
1. George Whetstone : From Promos and Cassandra
2. King James I : From Basilikon Doron [The King's Gift]
ANALOGUES
1. Thomas Lupton : From The Second Part of Too Good to Be True
2. Barnaby Rich : From The Adventures of Brusanus
CRITICISM
1. Alexander Pope : From Preface to The Works of Shakespear
2. Charlotte Lennox : From Shakespear Illustrated
3. Samuel Johnson : From Preface to The Plays of William Shakespeare and Comments on Measure for Measure
4. Elizabeth Inchbald : From Remarks on Measure for Measure
5. William Hazlitt : From Characters of Shakespear's Plays
6. S. T. Coleridge : From Table Talk
7.
1. : From Literary Remains
8. Frederick S. Boas : The Problem: Plays and Measure for Measure
9. A. C. Bradley : From Shakespearean Tragedy
10. Algernon Swinburne : From Shakespeare
11. G. Wilson Knight : From The Wheel of Fire
12. J. W. Lever : The Date of Measure for Measure
13. Rosalind Miles : From The Problem of Measure for Measure
14. Jonathan Dollimore : Transgression and Surveillance in Measure for Measure
15. Kathleen McLuskie : From The Patriarchal Bard: Feminist Criticism and Shakespeare: King Lear and Measure for Measure
16. Daniel Massey : The Duke in Measure for Measure
17. Marliss C. Desens : From The Bed-Trick in English Renaissance Drama
ADAPTATIONS AND RESPONSES
1. William D'Avenant : From The Law against Lovers
2. Charles Gildon : From Measure for Measure, or, Beauty the Best Advocate
3. Charles Marowitz : From Measure for Measure
Selected Bibliography
