Measure for Measure (Record no. 35714)

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fixed length control field 01126nam a2200157 a 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780140707151
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0140707158
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 822.33
Item number SHA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Shakespeare, William
Relator term Author
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Measure for Measure
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London:
Name of publisher Penguin Books,
Year of publication 1969.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 189 pages
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Since the rediscovery of Elizabethan stage conditions early this century, admiration for Measure for Measure has steadily risen. It is now a favorite with the critics and has attracted widely different styles of performance. At one extreme the play is seen as a religious allegory, at the other it has been interpreted as a comedy protesting against power and privilege. Brian Gibbons focuses on the unique tragi-comic experience of watching the play, the intensity and excitement offered by its dramatic rhythm, the reversals and surprises that shock the audience even to the end. The introduction describes the play's critical reception and stage history and how these have varied according to prevailing social, moral and religious issues, which were highly sensitive when
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Lending Books
Holdings
Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Stacks 23/07/1997 Purchased 228.85 822.33 SHA 004237 Lending Books

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