In this critical evaluation of the classic, the discussion focuses on the nature of the major characters, the morality of their behavior, the conclusion of the play, and the genre of a play that was listed in the First Folio as a comedy. The contents of this volume cover texts by English, American and European scholars and critics including Malone, Stevens, Schlegel, Hazlitt, Coleridge, Hallam, Gervinus, Bagehot, Pater, Dowden, Furnivall, Swinburne, Symons, Boas, Shaw, Bradley, Chambers, Bridges, Masefield and Croce.
In this critical evaluation of the classic, the discussion focuses on the nature of the major characters, the morality of their behavior, the conclusion of the play, and the genre of a play that was listed in the First Folio as a comedy. The contents of this volume cover texts by English, American and European scholars and critics including Malone, Stevens, Schlegel, Hazlitt, Coleridge, Hallam, Gervinus, Bagehot, Pater, Dowden, Furnivall, Swinburne, Symons, Boas, Shaw, Bradley, Chambers, Bridges, Masefield and Croce.
George L. Geckle is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
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General Editor's Preface Preface Introduction 1. Correcting Shakespeare's editors 1783 2. Isabella "pious ...determined and eloquent" 1789 3. Topical allusions in Measure for Measure 1790 4. Identifying the main source explaining the text 1793 5. On the play's sources 1807 6. A faulty play 1807 7. Character and characterization 1808 8. "The triumph of mercy over strict justice" 1815 9 . Measure for Measure in performance 1816 10. Isabella a "lovely example of female excellence" 1817 11. "A general system of cross-purposes" 1817 12. The Family Shakespeare 1818 13. Character and morality in Measure for Measure 1822 14. The play's major source 1824 15. A play about mercy 1826 16. Isabella compared to Portia 1832 17. A "hateful" and "painful" play 1835 1836 18. A struggle between drama and philosophy 1839 19. An introduction to the play 1840 20. On the play's date and sources 1842 21. Striking passages in a play that gives little pleasure 1845 22. An expression of New Testament morality 1846 23. "This remarkable drama" 1847 24. The betrothal contracts and their significance 1850 25. Dispraise for Angelo praise for Isabella ambivalence about the Duke 1851 26. Angelo a natural hypocrite 1853 27. Sympathy for Angelo criticism of Isabella 1854 28. An uncongenial play 1856 29. On Isabella the epitome of goodness and some minor characters 1863 30. A play expressing equity not justice 1863 31. "The central expression" of Shakespeare's "moral judgments" 1874 32. A dark and bitter play 1875 33. Mediation by the monastic life 1875 34. The place of Measure for Measure in Shakespeare's canon 1877 35. Measure for Measure and Roman Catholicism 1877 36. On the play's analogues and early performance 1880 37. A tragedy 1880 38. Measure for Measure as dramatic literature 1886-1909 39. A lesson from the Sermon on the Mount 1889 40. The "painfulness" of Measure for Measure 1889 41. A "disconsolate and bitter" play 1891 42. A recapitulation of Shakespeare's earlier work 1894 43. A problem play 1896 44. Measure for Measure and Puritan hypocrisy 1898 45. Shakespeare elevated 'a degraded and repellent theme' 1898 46. A play "full of prophetic intimations" 1899 47. A "painful and repellent" play 1900 48. Measure for Measure as "a moral experiment" 1903 49. Miscellaneous comments 1904 50. A critical introduction 1905 51. An "unclassifiable play" with a "half satirical title" 1905 52. "The limits of comedy...sorely strained" 1906 53. Measure for Measure and "the philosophy of morals" 1906 54. On the "inconsistency in the character of Angelo" 1907 55. Shakespeare's representation of "a weak world" 1907 56. A play dramatizing "the central truth of Christian morality" 1907 57. A play better read than acted 1907 58. Duke Vincentio as Shakespeare's alter ego 1909 59. "A dramatised Sermon on the Mount of Genius" 1909 60. An attack on Puritanism 1909 61. "An early half finished piece" 1910 62. Historical criticism and Measure for Measure 1910 63. "One of the greatest works of the greatest English mind" 1911 64. William Poel's Elizabethan' production 1911 65. Characterization style and structure 1912 66. An "eminently disagreeable" piece of cynicism 1913 67. A play "as painful as it is ill-shapen" 1913 68. A play "unfit for the modern Theatre" 1913 69. Measure for Measure and "the ethical spirit of western literature" 1915 70. The "happy ending...fails to persuade" 1920 Notes Select Bibliography Index
General Editor's Preface Preface Introduction 1. Correcting Shakespeare's editors 1783 2. Isabella "pious ...determined and eloquent" 1789 3. Topical allusions in Measure for Measure 1790 4. Identifying the main source explaining the text 1793 5. On the play's sources 1807 6. A faulty play 1807 7. Character and characterization 1808 8. "The triumph of mercy over strict justice" 1815 9 . Measure for Measure in performance 1816 10. Isabella a "lovely example of female excellence" 1817 11. "A general system of cross-purposes" 1817 12. The Family Shakespeare 1818 13. Character and morality in Measure for Measure 1822 14. The play's major source 1824 15. A play about mercy 1826 16. Isabella compared to Portia 1832 17. A "hateful" and "painful" play 1835 1836 18. A struggle between drama and philosophy 1839 19. An introduction to the play 1840 20. On the play's date and sources 1842 21. Striking passages in a play that gives little pleasure 1845 22. An expression of New Testament morality 1846 23. "This remarkable drama" 1847 24. The betrothal contracts and their significance 1850 25. Dispraise for Angelo praise for Isabella ambivalence about the Duke 1851 26. Angelo a natural hypocrite 1853 27. Sympathy for Angelo criticism of Isabella 1854 28. An uncongenial play 1856 29. On Isabella the epitome of goodness and some minor characters 1863 30. A play expressing equity not justice 1863 31. "The central expression" of Shakespeare's "moral judgments" 1874 32. A dark and bitter play 1875 33. Mediation by the monastic life 1875 34. The place of Measure for Measure in Shakespeare's canon 1877 35. Measure for Measure and Roman Catholicism 1877 36. On the play's analogues and early performance 1880 37. A tragedy 1880 38. Measure for Measure as dramatic literature 1886-1909 39. A lesson from the Sermon on the Mount 1889 40. The "painfulness" of Measure for Measure 1889 41. A "disconsolate and bitter" play 1891 42. A recapitulation of Shakespeare's earlier work 1894 43. A problem play 1896 44. Measure for Measure and Puritan hypocrisy 1898 45. Shakespeare elevated 'a degraded and repellent theme' 1898 46. A play "full of prophetic intimations" 1899 47. A "painful and repellent" play 1900 48. Measure for Measure as "a moral experiment" 1903 49. Miscellaneous comments 1904 50. A critical introduction 1905 51. An "unclassifiable play" with a "half satirical title" 1905 52. "The limits of comedy...sorely strained" 1906 53. Measure for Measure and "the philosophy of morals" 1906 54. On the "inconsistency in the character of Angelo" 1907 55. Shakespeare's representation of "a weak world" 1907 56. A play dramatizing "the central truth of Christian morality" 1907 57. A play better read than acted 1907 58. Duke Vincentio as Shakespeare's alter ego 1909 59. "A dramatised Sermon on the Mount of Genius" 1909 60. An attack on Puritanism 1909 61. "An early half finished piece" 1910 62. Historical criticism and Measure for Measure 1910 63. "One of the greatest works of the greatest English mind" 1911 64. William Poel's Elizabethan' production 1911 65. Characterization style and structure 1912 66. An "eminently disagreeable" piece of cynicism 1913 67. A play "as painful as it is ill-shapen" 1913 68. A play "unfit for the modern Theatre" 1913 69. Measure for Measure and "the ethical spirit of western literature" 1915 70. The "happy ending...fails to persuade" 1920 Notes Select Bibliography Index
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