Name: Measure for Measure 2nd Edition Paperback (The new Cambridge Shakespeare) (in English)
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Author: Shakespeare, William ; Gibbons, Brian ; Stock, Angela
ISBN: 9780521670784

portada Measure for Measure 2nd Edition Paperback (The new Cambridge Shakespeare) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

William Shakespeare

Illustrated by

Brian Gibbons

Contributions by

Angela Stock

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2006

Language

English

Pages

236

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN

0521670780

ISBN13

9780521670784

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "Measure for Measure 2nd Edition Paperback (The new Cambridge Shakespeare) (in English)"

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. For this second edition of Measure for Measure Angela Stock has written a new introductory section that takes account of recent scholarly criticism and important contemporary productions on stage and film. The edition retains the text prepared by Brian Gibbons together with his comprehensive introduction, in which he shows how the play's critical reception and stage history varies from one period to the next according to the prevailing social, moral and religious issues of the day. Gibbons explores the thrilling experience of watching the play in performance, with its shocking reversals and surprises, great tragic poetry and exuberant comic prose. An updated reading list completes the edition.

William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon, c. 23 de abril de 1564jul. - Ibídem, 23 de abril/3 de mayo de 1616) fue un dramaturgo, poeta y actor inglés. Conocido en ocasiones como el Bardo de Avon (o simplemente el Bardo), se le considera el escritor más importante en lengua inglesa y uno de los más célebres de la literatura universal.

Según la Encyclopædia Britannica, «Shakespeare es generalmente reconocido como el más grande de los escritores de todos los tiempos, figura única en la historia de la literatura. La fama de otros poetas, tales como Homero y Dante Alighieri, o de novelistas tales como León Tolstoy o Charles Dickens, ha trascendido las barreras nacionales, pero ninguno de ellos ha llegado a alcanzar la reputación de Shakespeare, cuyas obras hoy se leen y representan con mayor frecuencia y en más países que nunca. La profecía de uno de sus grandes contemporáneos, Ben Jonson, se ha cumplido por tanto: "Shakespeare no pertenece a una sola época sino a la eternidad"».

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