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The Merchant of Venice (Paperback, Critical edition)
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The Merchant of Venice (Paperback, Critical edition)
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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Loot Price R294
Discovery Miles 2 940
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This Norton Critical Edition has been carefully edited to make The
Merchant of Venice, its surrounding history, and the history of its
critical reception and rewritings accessible to readers. The text
of this edition is based on the 1600 First Quarto, with light
editing and substantial explanatory annotations by Leah S. Marcus.
"Sources and Contexts" largely focuses on the character of Shylock
and the issue of anti-Semitism in the play. Materials included are
diverse, and at times contradictory, allowing readers to draw their
own conclusions. Examples include seventeenth-century anti-Semitic
literature, an essay from the same period defending Jews and
arguing for their repatriation in England, an examination of the
Christian theology of the play, and readings of The Merchant of
Venice as exclusionary for Jews, women, and people of color.
"Criticism" collects twenty-one diverse interpretations. In
addition to Shylock and the question of anti-Semitism, these essays
address The Merchant of Venice in the context of postcolonial,
feminist, and queer theory and explore relevant issues of economic
status and organization. "Rewritings and Appropriations" includes
excerpts from dramatic, musical, and other literary adaptations of
The Merchant of Venice, as well as a selection of poems, most of
them from the twentieth century, on the character of Shylock. A
Selected Bibliography is also included.
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