Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
General Editors' Preface
Preface
Introduction
Measure for Measure
Further Reading
Appendices
Index

Promotional Information

The latest Arden edition of Shakespeare's dark comedy of justice, mercy and the governance of sexual desire.

About the Author

A. R. Braunmuller is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA, USA.

Robert N. Watson is Associate Dean of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He is the author of many award-winning books, including Back to Nature: The Green and the Real in the Late Renaissance and Shakespeare and the Hazards of Ambition.

Reviews

Showcasing his characteristic combination of sophistication and clarity, Watson offers a model of lucid critical coverage and adjudication… Braunmuller and Watson's edition makes excellent use of recent performance history.
*Times Literary Supplement*

Offers lucid accounts of the play’s textual and performance history and provides a clear and reader-friendly text.
*Shakespeare Survey*

An exceptionally thorough, astute, lively, and provocative exploration of all major and many secondary issues in this problem play.
*Editionen in der Kritik*