| Measure for Measure Revised Edition Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Watts, Cedric (Editor), Watts, Cedric (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 185326251X ISBN-13: 9781853262517 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Series: Wordsworth Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 4.97" W x 7.76" (0.18 lbs) 144 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 53869 Reading Level: 9.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. In the hope of saving her brother's life, should a woman submit to rape? Should the law be respected when its administrator is corrupt? How powerful in the state should religion become? Although Measure for Measure ends like a comedy, with reconciliations, forgiveness and marriages, it has often been regarded as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The drama shows the difficulty of effecting an appropriate balance between judicial severity and mercy, between sexual repression and decadence, and between political vigilance and social manipulation. These problems remain topical, and, in Measure for Measure, they are given immediacy by vivid character-conflicts and memorably intense poetry. This is one of Shakespeare's most probing and powerful works. |