Measure for measure
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Measure for measure
（The critics debate / general editor, Michael Scott）
Macmillan, 1989
- pbk.
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Bibliography: p. 83-88
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This new interpretation of "Measure for Measure" guides its readers through recent criticism of the play and suggests that Shakespeare's Duke conducts a "moral experiment" on his subjects, designed to satisfy his curiosity about human nature and to re-establish his own power. "The Critics Debate" series aims to help delineate various critical approaches to specific literary texts, and to introduce the reader to further reading on the subject and to a fuller evaluation of a particular text by illustrating the way it has been approached in a number of contexts. T.F.Wharton is the author of "Samuel Johnson and the Theme of Hope", "Henry IV Parts 1 & 2" and "Moral Experiment in Jacobean Drama".
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Survey: form, genesis, genre
- text and content - the study of the play's historical environment
- theme and character. Part 2 Appraisal: moral experiments in Jacobean drama
- the scholar/Duke's "Sabbatical leave"
- the neglect of Dukedom
- Vincentio's experiment
- the experiment "takes"
- observing the experiment
- the motives for experiment
- the techniques of power
- the obstructions to control
- the Duke's self-image.
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