The merchant of Venice : the state of play / edited by M. Lindsay Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaplan, M. Lindsay, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews in literature.

Antisemitism in literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.

Shylock (Fictitious character).

Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William).

Physical Description:

x, 274 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : The Arden Shakespeare, 2020.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. `Lend it rather to thine enemy': Accentuating Difference in The Merchant of Venice / Miriam Gilbert

2. Dangerous Border Crossings: Nicolas Stemann's Merchant in Munich / Benjamin Fowler

3. Thomas Jordan's `The Forfeiture': A Mercantilist Rewriting of Shakespeare / Katherine Romack

4. Jessica, Women's Activism and Maurice Schwartz's 1947 Shayloks Tochter / Sara Coodin

5. `Woolly Breeders': Animal Generation and Economies of Knowledge in The Merchant of Venice / James Kearney

6. `The means whereby I live': Deep Play in The Merchant of Venice / Jeanette Nguyen Tran

7. `Qualities of Breeding': Race, Class and Conduct in The Merchant of Venice / Patricia Akhimie

8. Jessica, Sarra, Ruth: Jewish Women in Shakespeare's Venice / Shaul Bassi

9. `Marvellously Changed': Shakespeare's Repurposing of Fiorentino's Doting Godfather in The Merchant of Venice / Thomas Cartelli

10. Balthazar's Beard: Looking (Again) Into the Merchant's Closet / A. Eliza Greenstadt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781350110229

1350110221

OCLC:

1144783722

Publisher Number:

99987022004