The duke’s self-unfolding in Act 1, scene 1 of Measure for Measure

The Explicator 2026

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Authors: Francesca Cauchi
DOI: 10.1080/00144940.2026.2637782
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References: 2

Abstract

As Debora Shuger notes in her new historicist account of the relation between the sacred and the state in Shakespeare’s 1604 play Measure for Measure, the title itself yokes “government and Gospel”...

Fields of Study & Subjects

Shakespeare Adaptation and Literary Criticism Renaissance Literature and Culture Medieval Literature and History

Publication details

Journal / source
The Explicator
Volume
84
Issue
3
Pages
345–351
Publication date
27 February 2026
Language
EN