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New readings of The merchant of Venice / edited by Horacio Sierra.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
- English literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The last decade has witnessed a spate of high-profile presentations of The Merchant of Venice: the 2004 Michael Radford film, 2010's New York City "Shakespeare in the Park" production, as well as the play's Tony Award-nominated 2010-11 Broadway run. Likewise, new scholarly works such as Kenneth Gross's Shylock is Shakespeare (2006) and Janet Adelman's Blood Relations (2008) have offered poignant insights into this play. Why has this drama garnered so much attention of late? What else can we l...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; WHY NEW READINGS?; THEORETICAL QUESTIONS AND CRITICAL ANSWERS IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; "WHY THEN YOU ARE IN LOVE"; THE GENRE OF FEMALE FRIENDSHIP IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; "I MAKE IT BREED AS FAST"; "HOW EVERY FOOL CAN PLAY UPON THE WORD"; HATH NOT A JEW A NOSE? OR, THE DANGER OF DEFORMITY IN COMEDY; READING LAW AND ETHNICITY IN THE MANGA SHAKESPEARE MERCHANT OF VENICE; WITH THESE ESSAYS IN HAND; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-4550-7
- OCLC:
- 827209121
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