Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
β Scribed by Mark Lilly (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 97
- Series
- Macmillan Master Guides
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Synopsis....Pages 11-13
Summary and Critical Commentary....Pages 14-44
Themes and issues....Pages 45-50
Technical Features....Pages 51-71
Specimen Passage And Commentary....Pages 72-76
Critical Reception....Pages 77-79
Back Matter....Pages 80-85
β¦ Subjects
British and Irish Literature; Early Modern/Renaissance Literature; Poetry and Poetics; Theatre History
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