Titre :	MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	William Shakespeare, Auteur
Mention d'édition :	Penguim books,2001
Editeur :	London [England] : Penguin Books
Collection :	Penguin popular classics
Importance :	124 p.
Présentation :	couv. ill. en coul.
Format :	17 cm.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	014062256x
Langues :	Anglais
Catégories :	LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature
Résumé :	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

MEASURE FOR MEASURE [texte imprimé] / William Shakespeare, Auteur  . -  Penguim books,2001 . - London (England) : Penguin Books, [s.d.] . - 124 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 17 cm.. - (Penguin popular classics) .
ISSN : 014062256x
Langues : Anglais

Catégories :

LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:828 English literature

Résumé :

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