The merchant of Venice : William Shakespeare
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The merchant of Venice : William Shakespeare
（New casebooks）（Contemporary critical essays）
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1998
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Bibliography: p. 234-237
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: us ISBN 9780312216894
Description
This collection of essays is aimed at readers who are looking for new ways of thinking about Shakespeare's most controversial play and new ways of thinking about their own practice as critics. The collection offers a spectrum of the more recent writings on the play that opens up its historical, cultural, and political significance and also serves to demonstrate some of the ways in which contemporary criticism is both based upon critical theory and is also about the practice of criticism.
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: uk ISBN 9780333668979
Description
This collection of essays is aimed at students who are working on The Merchant of Venice and who are looking for new ways of thinking about the play and new ways of thinking about their own practice as critics. The collection offers a spectrum of the more recent writings on the play, that open up its historical, cultural and political significance and serve to demonstrate some of the ways in which contemporary criticism is not only based upon critical theory but is also about the practice of criticism. This is a strong collection of essays about Shakespeare's most controversial play.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements.- General Editor's Preface.- Introduction
- M.Coyle.- Comedy and The Merchant of Venice
- G.Holderness.- Re-reading The Merchant of Venice
- K.Ryan.- The Merchant of Venice and the Possibilities of Historical Criticism
- W.Cohen.- Shakespeare and the Jews
- J.Shapiro.- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Colonization and Miscegenation in The Merchant of Venice
- K.F.Hall.- Portia's Ring: Unruly Women and the Structures of Exchange in The Merchant of Venice
- K.Newman.- Love in Venice
- C.Belsey.- How to Read The Merchant of Venice Without Being Heterosexist
- A.Sinfield.- Historical Differences and Venetian Patriarchy
- J.Drakakis.- Transformations of Authenticity: The Merchant of Venice in Israel
- A.Oz.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.
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: uk (pbk.) ISBN 9780333668986
Description
This collection of essays is aimed at students who are working on The Merchant of Venice and who are looking for new ways of thinking about the play and new ways of thinking about their own practice as critics. The collection offers a spectrum of the more recent writings on the play, that open up its historical, cultural and political significance and serve to demonstrate some of the ways in which contemporary criticism is not only based upon critical theory but is also about the practice of criticism. This is a strong collection of essays about Shakespeare's most controversial play.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements.- General Editor's Preface.- Introduction
- M.Coyle.- Comedy and The Merchant of Venice
- G.Holderness.- Re-reading The Merchant of Venice
- K.Ryan.- The Merchant of Venice and the Possibilities of Historical Criticism
- W.Cohen.- Shakespeare and the Jews
- J.Shapiro.- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Colonization and Miscegenation in The Merchant of Venice
- K.F.Hall.- Portia's Ring: Unruly Women and the Structures of Exchange in The Merchant of Venice
- K.Newman.- Love in Venice
- C.Belsey.- How to Read The Merchant of Venice Without Being Heterosexist
- A.Sinfield.- Historical Differences and Venetian Patriarchy
- J.Drakakis.- Transformations of Authenticity: The Merchant of Venice in Israel
- A.Oz.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.
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