It's also the most controversial attempt ever made to resolve one
of the most emotionally-charged issues in Shakespeare criticism:
the question of anti-Semitism in the characterization of Shylock,
the Jewish money lender.
This short book on The Merchant of Venice is a literary
experiment, an exploration of an untested idea. It begins with a
radically counter-intuitive approach: seeing Shylock -- the classic
anti-Jewish stereotype -- in terms of ancient Roman honor and
ancient Roman comedy instead of the customary Christian/Jewish
moral issues.
Beginning with a narrow focus on a single literary document that
is one of our culture's seminal influences, Shylock, the Roman
methodically drills deeply into several of Shakespeare's plays,
ultimately achieving a breadth of vision that explains in short
order a great deal about the logic of Shakespeare's artistry and
the point of view of Shakespeare as a dramatist.
This book will stimulate furious debate among scholars and
critics. More importantly, new productions of The Merchant of
Venice will have to cast movie action heroes in the leading role of
Shylock, the Roman.
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