The Merchant of Venice: Critical EssaysJohn W. Mahon, Ellen Macleod Mahon Routledge, 28.10.2013 - 480 Seiten This volume is a collection of all-new original essays covering everything from feminist to postcolonial readings of the play as well as source queries and analyses of historical performances of the play. The Merchant of Venice is a collection of seventeen new essays that explore the concepts of anti-Semitism, the work of Christopher Marlowe, the politics of commerce and making the play palatable to a modern audience. The characters, Portia and Shylock, are examined in fascinating detail. With in-depth analyses of the text, the play in performance and individual characters, this book promises to be the essential resource on the play for all Shakespeare enthusiasts. |
Inhalt
The Fortunes of The Merchant of Venice from 1596 to 2001 | 1 |
Shakespeares Merchant and Marlowes Other Play | 95 |
The Question of PhiloSemitism in Elizabethan Drama | 107 |
Jessica | 145 |
Textual Deviancy in The Merchant of Venice | 165 |
Portia and the Ovidian Grotesque | 179 |
Does Source Criticism Illuminate the Problems of Interpreting The Merchant as a Soured Comedy? | 187 |
A Study in Salvation | 199 |
Portias Wifely Empowerment in The Merchant of Venice | 283 |
Whose Mislike? Portias? Shakespeares? Or That of His Age? | 305 |
The Merchant of Venice and the Politics of Commerce | 325 |
Names in The Merchant of Venice | 353 |
Performing Shylock and Other Characters in The Merchant of Venice | 369 |
Making The Merchant of Venice Palatable for US Audiences | 375 |
Shylock in Performance | 387 |
Playing the Role in the TwentiethCentury English Theater | 431 |
A Reading of The Merchant of Venice | 213 |
Emblem Analogue and Deification in The Merchant of Venice | 225 |
Notes on the Contributors | 455 |
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