The Merchant of Venice - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph Pearce, William ShakespeareSeries:Ignatius Critical EditionsPublish date:2009-10-01Pages:252
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ignatius PressISBN-13:9781586173203ISBN-10:1586173200UPC:9781586173203Book Category:Literary Criticism, DramaBook Subcategory:Drama, ShakespeareSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCQ7D85GC5
The Merchant of Venice is probably the most controversial of all Shakespeare's plays. It is also one of the least understood. Is it a comedy or a tragedy? What is the meaning behind the test of the caskets? Who is the real villain of the trial scene? Is Shylock simply vicious and venomous, or is he more sinned against than sinning? Can the play be described as anti-semitic? What exactly is the quality of mercy? Is Portia one of the great Christian heroines of western literature? And what of the comedy of the rings with which Shakespeare ends the play? These questions and many others are answered in this critical edition of one of the Bard's liveliest plays.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ignatius PressISBN-13:9781586173203ISBN-10:1586173200UPC:9781586173203Book Category:Literary Criticism, DramaBook Subcategory:Drama, ShakespeareSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCQ7D85GC5
Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous literary works including Literary Converts, The Quest for Shakespeare and Shakespeare on Love, and the editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions series. His other books include literary biographies of Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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