Measure for Measure
First Edition ©2004 William Shakespeare; Edited by Ivo Kamps and Karen Raber Formats: Print
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Authors
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist and poet. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
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Ivo Kamps
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Karen Raber
Table of Contents
ABOUT THIS VOLUME
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART ONE
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
(Edited by David Bevington)
PART TWO
Cultural Contexts
1. Governance
Divine Right of Kings and Absolution
Machiavelli
Anxiety
Resistance
Slander
King James I, From The True Law of Free Monarchies
Barnaby Rich, From The Adventures of Brusanus, Prince of Hungary
Niccoló Machiavelli, From The Prince
Hugh Latimer, From First Sermon upon the Lord’s Prayer
George Buchanan, From A Dialogue Concerning the Due Privilege of
Government in the Kingdom of Scotland
Sir Walter Raleigh, From The Prince, or Maxims of State
Richard Martin, From A Speech Delivered to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,
in the Name of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex
Ben Jonson, Epigram 35. To King James
Thomas Middleton, From The Phoenix
2. Marriage, Sex, and Society
Understanding Isabella
Chastity and Eloquence
Mariana and the Play’s Resolution of Women’s Rights
T.E., From The Law’s Resolution of Women’s Rights
William Perkins, From Christian Economy
Henry Swinburne, From A Treatise of Spousals
A Selection of Court Cases Concerned with Sex
Richard Day, From A Book of Christian Prayers
Juan Luis Vives, From Instruction of a Christian Woman
St. Augustine, From The Lord’s Sermon on the Mount
G. B. Geraldi Cinthio, From The Story of Epitia
Christine de Pisan, From The Book of the City of Ladies
Tarrant House Convent, From The Nun’s Rule
Francis Dupuis, From The Life and Legend of the Lady Saint Clare
3. The Underworld
Prostitution, Pox, and Plague
John Stow, From The Survey of London
King James I, Proclamation against Inmates
Thomas Harman, From A Caveat for Common Cursitors
Philip Stubbes, From Anatomy of Abuses
Richard Lovelace, The Fair Beggar
John Marston, From The Dutch Courtesan
From Trial of a Procurer
William Fennor, From The Counter’s Commonwealth
4. Geography and Religion
From the Geneva Bible
The Catholics’ Supplication
Christopher Muriell, From An Answer unto the Catholics’ Supplication
From News from Rome, Venice, and Vienna
Letter from Vienna
INDEX
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Authors
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist and poet. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
-
Ivo Kamps
-
Karen Raber
Table of Contents
ABOUT THIS VOLUME
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART ONE
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
(Edited by David Bevington)
PART TWO
Cultural Contexts
1. Governance
Divine Right of Kings and Absolution
Machiavelli
Anxiety
Resistance
Slander
King James I, From The True Law of Free Monarchies
Barnaby Rich, From The Adventures of Brusanus, Prince of Hungary
Niccoló Machiavelli, From The Prince
Hugh Latimer, From First Sermon upon the Lord’s Prayer
George Buchanan, From A Dialogue Concerning the Due Privilege of
Government in the Kingdom of Scotland
Sir Walter Raleigh, From The Prince, or Maxims of State
Richard Martin, From A Speech Delivered to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,
in the Name of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex
Ben Jonson, Epigram 35. To King James
Thomas Middleton, From The Phoenix
2. Marriage, Sex, and Society
Understanding Isabella
Chastity and Eloquence
Mariana and the Play’s Resolution of Women’s Rights
T.E., From The Law’s Resolution of Women’s Rights
William Perkins, From Christian Economy
Henry Swinburne, From A Treatise of Spousals
A Selection of Court Cases Concerned with Sex
Richard Day, From A Book of Christian Prayers
Juan Luis Vives, From Instruction of a Christian Woman
St. Augustine, From The Lord’s Sermon on the Mount
G. B. Geraldi Cinthio, From The Story of Epitia
Christine de Pisan, From The Book of the City of Ladies
Tarrant House Convent, From The Nun’s Rule
Francis Dupuis, From The Life and Legend of the Lady Saint Clare
3. The Underworld
Prostitution, Pox, and Plague
John Stow, From The Survey of London
King James I, Proclamation against Inmates
Thomas Harman, From A Caveat for Common Cursitors
Philip Stubbes, From Anatomy of Abuses
Richard Lovelace, The Fair Beggar
John Marston, From The Dutch Courtesan
From Trial of a Procurer
William Fennor, From The Counter’s Commonwealth
4. Geography and Religion
From the Geneva Bible
The Catholics’ Supplication
Christopher Muriell, From An Answer unto the Catholics’ Supplication
From News from Rome, Venice, and Vienna
Letter from Vienna
INDEX
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Measure for Measure
This edition of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure reprints 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.
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