The End of Kinship "Measure for Measure," Incest, and the Ideal of Universal Siblinghood |
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| Author:
| Shell, Marc |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-5242-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1978 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In this provocative commentary on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Marc Shell focuses on the play's basic themes of sexual extremism, exchange, and political order. At the crux of the play, he notes, the novice nun Isabella accuses her brother Claudio: ''Is't not a kind of incest, to take life/From thine own sister's shame?'' Shell's analysis ......
In this provocative commentary on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Marc Shell focuses on the play's basic themes of sexual extremism, exchange, and political order. At the crux of the play, he notes, the novice nun Isabella accuses her brother Claudio: ''Is't not a kind of incest, to take life/From thine own sister's shame?'' Shell's analysis ......