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The Merchant of Venice: With Contemporary Criticism - Couverture souple

Pearce, Joseph; Shakespeare, William

 
9781586173203: The Merchant of Venice: With Contemporary Criticism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1586173200 ISBN 13 : 9781586173203
Editeur : Ignatius Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Ignatius Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1586173200
ISBN 13 
9781586173203
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
252
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Personne responsable
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