The Merchant Of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Overview

In The Merchant of Venice, the penniless but attractive Bassanio seeks, and finally wins, the hand of the fabulously wealthy Portia. But even as the play provokes laughter, it also provokes something disturbing, as Bassanio's courtship is actually financed by the magnificent villain Shylock the moneylender -- the focus of anti-Semitic sentiment, and one of the most controversial yet strangely sympathetic of Shakespeare's characters, whose actions and whose treatment in the play are still debated to this day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544023588
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/02/2017
Pages:	82
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.17(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)

About the Author

William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Introduction—Martin Coyle
• Comedy and The Merchant of Venice —Graham Holderness
• Re-Reading The Merchant of Venice —Kiernan Ryan
• The Merchant of Venice and the Possibilities of Historical Criticism—Walter Cohen
• Shakespeare and the Jews—James Shapiro
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Colonization and Miscegenation in The Merchant of Venice —Kim F. Hall
• Portia's Ring: Unruly Women and Structures of Exchange in The Merchant of Venice —Karen Newman
• Love in Venice—Catherine Belsey
• How to Read The Merchant of Venice without being Heterosexist—Alan Sinfield
• Historical Difference and Venetian Patriarchy—John Drakakis
• Transformations of Authenticity: The Merchant of Venice in Israel—Avraham Oz
• Index