Romance and Reformation: The Erasmian Spirit of Shakespeare's Measure for MeasureIt examines an assumption central to Shakespeare's inherited humanist tradition: that literature, and particularly drama, is capable of promoting a better society and it finds Shakespeare interrogating this assumption, asking whether drama that has been fashioned according to reformist principles of the great humanist educator Erasmus can, after all, achieve the remediating effects it seeks. |
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... situations and concerns with an archetypal model of reformative process . One is Isabella's reference to the mercy shown by God in choosing to deal with human sin by Incarnation : " He that might the vantage best have took / Found out ...
... situations and concerns with an archetypal model of reformative process . One is Isabella's reference to the mercy shown by God in choosing to deal with human sin by Incarnation : " He that might the vantage best have took / Found out ...
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... situation is the backdrop for the contrast Shakespeare develops between his humanist Duke and the Duke's two proteges , Angelo and Isabella , who both are inexpe- rienced and inflexible . Within these important contexts of artistic ...
... situation is the backdrop for the contrast Shakespeare develops between his humanist Duke and the Duke's two proteges , Angelo and Isabella , who both are inexpe- rienced and inflexible . Within these important contexts of artistic ...
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... situation , whether composing a letter , speech , treatise , com- mentary , work of literature , or other ; and a skillful reader inter- prets accordingly . This contextual awareness is emphasized throughout Erasmus's writings ...
... situation , whether composing a letter , speech , treatise , com- mentary , work of literature , or other ; and a skillful reader inter- prets accordingly . This contextual awareness is emphasized throughout Erasmus's writings ...
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Contents
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Measure for Measure as Comic Romance | 55 |
Fornication and Calumny The Conceptual Structure of Measure for Measure | 69 |
Factionalism and Social Reform The Dilemma of Humanist Drama | 88 |
The Rhetoric of the Logos in Measure for Measure | 102 |
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