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- Title
Substitution in Measure for Measure.
- Authors
Leggatt, Alexander
- Abstract
Examines the idea of substitution in English dramatist William Shakespeare's play "Measure for Measure." Appearance of the idea of substitution in the play's comic machinery and in the language of the more serious scenes; Theatrical effect of the placement of the doctrine of Atonement in certain scenes; Ways in which the character of the Duke is a substitute for Shakespeare himself; Gap between conception and embodiment.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; SUBSTITUTION (Psychology); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; ATONEMENT in literature; PSYCHOLOGY in literature; EARLY modern English drama
- Publication
Shakespeare Quarterly, 1988, Vol 39, Issue 3, p342
- ISSN
0037-3222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2870931