William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

Louise Harrington (Cardiff University); Revised By: Alexandra Katherine Harrington (University of Durham)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

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First circulation or publication 1604

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Citation: Harrington, Louise, Alexandra Katherine Harrington. "Measure for Measure". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 April 2004; last revised 07 June 2020. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3651, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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