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Book Title
The Merchant of Venice: A Norton Critical Edition
Publication Date
2005-12-27
Pages
368
ISBN
9780393925296
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Drama
Publication Name
Merchant of Venice
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Length
8.4 in
Subject
Shakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2005
Series
Norton Critical Editions Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
William Shakespeare
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Width
5.1 in
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393925293
ISBN-13
9780393925296
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30785443

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
368 Pages
Publication Name
Merchant of Venice
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Subject
Shakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Drama
Author
William Shakespeare
Series
Norton Critical Editions Ser.
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

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College Audience
LCCN
2005-053425
Series Volume Number
0
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
PrefaceThe Text of The Merchant of Venice: 1. The Merchant of Venice2. A Note on the TextSources and Contexts: 1. Richard Robinson, trans. - [The Tale of the Three Caskets from the Gesta Romarorum]2. Sir Giovanni Fiorentino - [The Merchant of Venice]3. Anonymous - [Ballad of a Cruel Jew]4. Sir Thomas Elyot - [The True Meaning of Friendship]5. Edwin Sandys - [Duties of Husband and Wife]6. Daniel Price - The Merchant: A Sermon Preached at Paul's Cross7. Thomas Coryat - [Description of Venice]8. William Camden - [The Case of Dr. Lopez]9. Thomas Calvert - [Causes of the Miseries of the Jews]10. Peter Heylyn - [Judaizing Christians in the 1590s]11. Sir Simonds D'Ewes - [Parlimentary Debate on Usury]12. Edward Nicholas - An Apology for the Honorable Nation of the JewsCriticism:1. Nicholas Rowe - [Remarks on The Merchant of Venice]2. William Hazlitt - The Merchant of Venice3. Mrs. Anna Jameson - Portia4. Heinrich Heine - [Jessica and Portia]5. Sigmund Freud - The Theme of the Three Caskets6. G. Wilson Knight - [The Music of The Merchant of Venice]7. Barbara K. Lewalski - Biblical Allusion and Allegory in The Merchant of Venice8. Lawrence Danson - [Platonic Doctrine and the Music of Art V]9. Derek Cohen - Shylock and the Idea of the Jew10. Lawrence Lerner - Wilhelm S. and Shylock11. Toby Lelyveld - [Edmund Kean as Shylock]12. James Shapiro - [Circumcision and the "Pound of Flesh"]13. Stephen Orgel - [Shylocks in Shakespeare's England]14. Charles Edelman - [The Shakespeares as Money-Lenders]15. Walter Cohen - [The Merchant of Venice and Proto-Capitalism]16. Karen Newman - Portia's Ring: Unruly Women and Structures of Exchange in The Merchant of Venice17. Alan Sinfield - How to Read The Merchant of Venice Without Being Heterosexist18. James O'Rourke - Racism and Homophobia in The Merchant of Venice19. Kim F. Hall - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Colonization and Miscegenation in The Merchant of Venice20. R. W. Desai - "Mislike Me Not for My Complexion": Whose Mislike? Portia's?, Shakespeare's, or That of His Age?21. Avraham Oz - The Merchant of Venice in IsraelRewritings and Appropriations:1. John Cunningham - [Prologue for a Revival of The Merchant of Venice at the Time of the Parliamentary Bill for Naturalizing the Jews]2. Iain Crichton Smith - Shylock3. Alan Sillitoe - Shylock the Writer4. Karl Shapiro - Shylock5. Leonard Nathan - Shylock in New York6. Fiona Pitt-Kethley - Shylock7. Dramatic and Musical Adaptations8. Novels, Short Stories, and Poems9. Radio, Television, and FilmSelected Bibliography
Edition Description
Critical
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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., The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism., "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., 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., "The Merchant of Venice" is one of Shakespeare's most beautiful plays and, conversely, his ugliest. Juxtaposed within the same conceptual frame are heavenly and musical harmonies, romantic love, materialism, and racism. 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. About the Series: No other series of classic texts equalsthe caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.
LC Classification Number
PR2825

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