{"product_id":"measure-for-measure-by-william-shakespeare-9780393931716","title":"Measure for Measure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Norton Critical Edition looks at the full range of opinion and interpretation of this major play from its origins to the present day, from its \"genius\" (William Hazlitt) to its being a \"hateful work, although Shakespearean throughout\" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1623 First Folio text, the only authoritative edition of the play. The editor has modernised spelling but preserves, for the most part, the original lineation and characteristically heavy punctuation. The text of \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/em\u003e is accompanied by a full introduction, a note on the text, textual variants, and related illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSources\u003c\/em\u003e considers the probable, primary, and analogous sources Shakespeare drew upon while composing \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/em\u003e, including excerpts from G. B. Giraldi Cinthio's \u003cem\u003eHecatommithi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Tragedy of Epitia\u003c\/em\u003e, King James I's \u003cem\u003eBasilikon Doron\u003c\/em\u003e, and—most directly—George Whetstone's \u003cem\u003eThe History of Promos and Cassandra\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCriticism\u003c\/em\u003e collects seventeen important commentaries on \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/em\u003e spanning four centuries, including, among others, those by Alexander Pope, Charlotte Lennox, Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Inchbald, A. C. Bradley, G. Wilson Knight, Jonathan Dollimore, and Marliss C. Desens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdaptations and Responses\u003c\/em\u003e reprints alternative versions of the play: William D'avenant's \u003cem\u003eThe Law Against Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e (1662), Charles Gildon's \u003cem\u003eMeasure of Measure, or, Beauty the Best Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e (1700), and Charles Marowitz's postmodern version (1975).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Selected Bibliography is also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596951273708,"sku":"9780393931716","price":38.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393931716-measure-for-measure.jpg?v=1777945029","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/measure-for-measure-by-william-shakespeare-9780393931716","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}