{"product_id":"measure-for-measure-william-shakespeare-9780393931716","title":"Measure for Measure: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"The Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1623 First Folio text, the only authoritative edition of the play. The editor has modernized spelling but preserves, for the most part, the original lineation and characteristically heavy punctuation. The text of \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/em\u003e is accompanied by a full introduction, a note on the text, textual variants, and related illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sources\" considers the probable, primary, and analogous sources Shakespeare drew upon while composing \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/em\u003e, including excerpts from G. B. Giraldi Cinthio's \u003cem\u003eHecatommithi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Tragedy of Epitia\u003c\/em\u003e, King James I's \u003cem\u003eBasilikon Doron\u003c\/em\u003e, and--most directly--George Whetstone's \u003cem\u003eThe History of Promos and Cassandra\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Criticism\" collects seventeen important commentaries on \u003cem\u003eMeasure for Measure\u003c\/em\u003e spanning four centuries, including, among others, those by Alexander Pope, Charlotte Lennox, Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Inchbald, A. C. Bradley, G. Wilson Knight, Jonathan Dollimore, and Marliss C. Desens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Adaptations and Responses\" reprints alternative versions of the play: William D'avenant's \u003cem\u003eThe Law Against Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e (1662), Charles Gildon's \u003cem\u003eMeasure of Measure, or, Beauty the Best Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e (1700), and Charles Marowitz's postmodern version (1975).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Selected Bibliography is also included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393931714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393931716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e53869 \/ Measure for Measure\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074470605055,"sku":"9780393931716","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_251869f4-6284-457a-a933-55b12023c5a7.jpg?v=1685453932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/measure-for-measure-william-shakespeare-9780393931716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}