"Measure for Measure"

This text presents literary criticism focused on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure", dealing with such subjects as the nature of the major characters, the morality of their behaviour, the conclusion of the play, and the genre of a play that was listed in the First Folio as a comedy.

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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.