| Description |
lxxxi, 188 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Signet Classic |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Works. 2014 (Pearson).
1998.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188). |
| Contents |
Shakespeare: Overview: Biographical sketch -- Note on anti-Stratfordians, especially Baconians and Oxfordians -- Shakespeare Canon --Shakespeare's english -- Shakespeare's theater -- Note on the use of boy actors in female roles -- Shakespeare's dramatic language: Costumes, gestures, and silences; prose and poetry -- Play text as a collaboration -- Editing texts -- Shakespeare on stage -- Introduction: Merchant of Venice -- Textual note -- Note on the sources of the Merchant of Venice -- Commentaries: From the works of Mr. William Shakespeare / Nicholas Rowe -- From characters of Shakespeare's plays / William Hazlitt -- EHrn yrlivgns'S yholkc -- From Shylock / Elmer Edgar Stoll -- Avoidance of choice: Woman's privilege / Linda Bamber -- Fourth and fifth acts -- Alexander Leggatt -- End of the merchant of Venice: Four versions / Robert Smallwood -- Merchant of Venice on stage and screen / Sylvan Barnet -- Suggested references. |
| Summary |
Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. Another feature of this series includes dramatic criticism from the past and present: Commentaries by Nicholas Rowe, William Hazlitt, Edgar Elmer Stoll, Linda Bamber, Alexander Leggart, and Robert Smallwood. Special introduction by Kenneth Myrick, Tufts University. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
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Humorous plays.
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Jews -- Holy -- Drama.
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Moneylenders -- Drama.
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Shylock (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Plays.
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| Added Author |
Myrick, Kenneth, 1897-
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| ISBN |
0451526805 |
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9780451526809 |
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