Shakespeare William:
The Oxford Shakespeare: Measure For Measure
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2008
Paperback, 272 pages
Size: 196x129 mm
ISBN: 9780199535842
ISBN-10: 0199535841
List price: £7.99
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The Oxford Shakespeare: Measure For Measure
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


