01812nam a2200229Ia 4500 CTU_116507 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 241000 822.33 S527 Shakespeare, William Measure for measure : Texts and contexts William Shakespeare ; edited by Ivo Kamps, Karen Raber Boston Bedford/St. Martins 2004 This edition of Shakespeare’sMeasure for Measurereprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to facilitate many different approaches to Shakespeare’s play and the early modern culture out of which the play emerges. The texts include royal proclamations, speeches, court records, sermons, biographical writings, prayers, ballads, poetry, excerpts from plays and the Bible, and drawings, woodcuts, and engravings. These documents contextualize the role of rulers and government in Jacobean society, crime and punishment in London’s underworld, the religious and secular laws that regulated marriage and sexuality, Catholic and Puritan morality, and the religious and cultural significance of chastity and virginity in Shakespeare’s time. Editorial features designed to help students read the play in light of the historical documents include an intelligent and engaging general introduction, introductions to each thematic group of documents, thorough headnotes and glosses for the primary documents (presented in modern spelling), and an extensive bibliography Brothers and sisters,Chastity,Vienna (Austria) Drama,Drama,Drama Hiếu Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ