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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 13
IS  - no. 2
T2  - Journal For Early Modern Cultural Studies
SP  - 43-68
ID  - bbbc170
T1  - "The Hazards of Expurgation: Adapting Measure for Measure to the Bowdler Family Shakespeare"
AU  - Kitzes, Adam H
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
LA  - English
AB  - Argues that in Thomas Bowdler's attempt to amend Measure for Measure for the Bowlder Family Shakespeare he "sought to reconcile a longing for a perceived oral culture of literary social coteries (represented by [Samuel] Johnson), with a genuine acceptance of the plays as carefully and judiciously edited printed texts."
ER  -