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Insight – Measure for Measure

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The Insight Text Guide on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure provides detailed scene-by-scene analyses as well as explanations of historical and social contexts, genre, structure, language, characters and themes. It also includes an overview of critical responses to the play and develops contrasting interpretations. Analytical responses to the text are further supported through essay topics, an analysis of a topic and a complete sample essay on the text.

About the author
Dr Victoria Bladen teaches in literary studies at the University of Queensland, and has published three other Shakespearean text guides in the Insight Text Guide series: Romeo and Juliet (2010), Julius Caesar (2011) and Henry IV, Part 1 (2012). She co-edited Supernatural and Secular Power in Early Modern England (Ashgate 2015) and Shakespeare on Screen: Macbeth (PURH 2013), and has published articles in several volumes of the Shakespeare on Screen series, most recently in Shakespeare on Screen: Othello (Cambridge University Press 2015). Other publications include articles on tree and garden imagery in early modern poetry, Jane Austen, and the pastoral genre

Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.
The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.
There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.

EACH TITLE FEATURES:

  • An overview of the text for quick reference, including notes on the author’s life and work, a plot synopsis, a character map and brief character summaries
  • Discussion of the historical, cultural and social contexts relevant to the text
  • Close analysis of each chapter/scene/story, with chapter questions
  • Detailed analysis of characters, themes and ideas
  • Discussion of different responses to and interpretations of the text
  • Guidelines on successful essay writing
  • Essay topics, a sample analysis of a topic and a sample essay on the text.

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9781925316001

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