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Title: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, Brian Gibbons, A. R. Braunmuller ISBN: 0-521-29401-0 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 27 June, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Disturbing but Engrossing
Comment: I picked up Measure for Measure knowing nothing about the play other than it was not an early work and that it was a comedy. I knew Shakespeare as an enjoyable Wit and was looking forward to a virtuoso display of the English Language. I certainly got this, but this is by no means a "light" play. In fact, the more I looked into it, the more disturbing it became.
The plot is quite involved with many twists and turns, based on many unlikely situations. Read it like any other comedy and you will be fine.
The characters are what's disturbing. There are no clear "white hats" in this story. Claudio sets his sister up which causes much of the story. The Duke handles people like puppets. Angelo is certainly not worthy of trust and there are some hints that the Duke even knows this when he leaves him in charge. Isabella? Well, there are two strong attributes to her personallity - Future Nun and also as Harold Bloom described her, the sexiest female character in Shakespeare.
There are many "lowlife" characters as well. Most important and probably most interesting would be Lucio who moves the plot around. Also quite interesting and infuriating would be Pompey.
I read it in the New Cambridge Edition. Brian Gibbons gives an interesting introduction which goes over the original context for the play, a discussion of its sources, as well as a production history. His notes to the text are also quite good. My eyes glazed over a bit on the textual analysis...not interesting to me at this point.
If you want "uplifting" or "inspirational", pick something else. If you are willing to let these interesting, ambigious characters into your mind, you will have a fine time as one of the finest artists of the English Language leads you around their stories.
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Title: Cymbeline (Oxford World's Classics) by William Shakespeare, Roger Warren ISBN: 0192833502 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Edward II by Christopher Marlowe ISBN: 1854594109 Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist Pub. Date: 15 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: As You Like It (Oxford World's Classics) by William Shakespeare, Alan Brissenden ISBN: 0192834193 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: King Richard II by William Shakespeare, Andrew Gurr, Brian Gibbons, A. R. Braunmuller ISBN: 0521532485 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Ann Thompson, Brian Gibbons, A. R. Braunmuller ISBN: 0521532493 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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