Measure For Measure The Oxford Shakespeare

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019268986X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measure for Measure written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.' Can one life be measured against another? Can a woman's body be measured against a man's life? Can consensual sex be measured against rape? Measure for Measure explores these questions through a series of substitutions: Angelo deputises for the Duke, who disguises himself to spy on his subjects; corrupt Angelo demands that almost-nun Isabella gives her body in exchange for her brother's life; and the Duke substitutes living bodies and decapitated heads to bring about a 'happy ending' in this problematic comedy. Exploring corrupt power, state surveillance, and the silencing of women by powerful men, Measure for Measure continues to resonate today. The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems. Using the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition, these volumes offer readers the latest thinking on the authentic texts (collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work) alongside innovative introductions from leading scholars. The texts are accompanied by a comprehensive set of critical apparatus to give readers the best resources to help understand and enjoy Shakespeare's work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192865862
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measure for Measure written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of one of Shakespeare's most complex and enigmatic plays.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192834225
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measure for Measure written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Claudio breaks the new laws against vice in Vienna by getting his financee, Julietta, pregnant, a series of ethical issues is brought under scrutiny. His sister's virtue is held to ransom by the deputy rule 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 ofthe text's theatrical life from Restoration adaptations to present-day productions.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780199535842
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Shakespeare: Measure for Measure written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 productions.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198320104
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measure for Measure written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This topical and relevant play is a new addition to the Oxford School Shakespeare. The text follows the redesign of the series, photographs of recent stage productions have been included, and the attractive cover design follows the revised series style.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measure for Measure written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kate Chedgzoy
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure written by Kate Chedgzoy and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the intertwining of politics, sexuality, and the social order in Measure for Measure.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780198393351
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measure for Measure written by William Shakespeare and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measure for Measure is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom notes.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192517570
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The New Oxford Shakespeare: Critical Reference Edition written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Oxford Shakespeare is a landmark print and online project, which for the first time provides fully edited and annotated texts of all extant versions of all Shakespeare's works, including collaborations, revisions, and adaptations. Based on a fresh examination of the surviving original documents, it draws upon the latest interdisciplinary scholarship, supplemented by new research undertaken by a diverse international team. Although closely connected and systematically cross-referenced, each part can be used independently of the others. The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works: Critical Reference Edition collects the same versions of the same works found in the Modern Critical Edition, keyed to the same line-numbering. But the Critical Reference Edition emphasizes book history and the documentary origins of each text. It preserves the spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, typographical contrasts, ambiguities, and inconsistencies of the early documents. Introductions focus on early modern manuscript and print culture, setting each text within the material circumstances of its production, transmission, and early reception. The works are arranged in the chronological order of the surviving texts: the first volume covers documents manufactured in Shakespeare's lifetime, and the second covers documents made between 1622 and 1728. The illustrated general introduction presents an overview of the texts available to editors and describes how they define Shakespeare. An essay on error surveys kinds of error characteristic of these early text technologies. It is followed by a general introduction to the music of Shakespeare's plays. Introductions to individual works and an extensive foot-of-the-page textual apparatus record and discuss editorial corrections of scribal and printing errors in the early documents; marginal notes record press variants and key variants in different documents. Original music notation is provided for the songs (where available). Because the plays were written and copied within the framework of theatrical requirements, casting charts identify the length and type of each role, discuss potential doubling possibilities, and note essential props. The New Oxford Shakespeare consists of four interconnected publications: the Modern Critical Edition (with modern spelling), the Critical Reference Edition (with original spelling), a companion volume on Authorship, and an online version integrating all of this material on OUP's high-powered scholarly editions platform. Together, they provide the perfect resource for the future of Shakespeare studies.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measure for measure written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: