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Sexual politics and Shylock's nuanced portrayal.

If you're intrigued by both classic literature and historical contexts, "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare could captivate you. This edition offers insightful perspectives on the play's complex sexual dynamics and the contentious character of Shylock, providing a richer understanding against the backdrop of Shakespeare's era. It's particularly notable for those interested in the ever-evolving interpretations that come alive through theatrical performance.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780521532518
Date of Publication: 2003-05-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Poetry
Related Topics: Theatre, Literature, Classics
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The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition of The Merchant of Venice retains the text and Introduction prepared by M. M. Mahood and features a new introductory section by Charles Edelman. Where Mahood focuses in her Introduction on the expectations of the play's first audience and on our modern experience of seeing and hearing the drama performed, Edelman explores the play's sexual politics. He also foregrounds recent scholarship on the position of Jews in Shakespeare's time and surveys the international scope and diversity of theatrical interpretations of the text in the 1980s and 1990s. He pays particular attention to the ways in which directors and actors tackle the troubling figure of Shylock.
 

Sexual politics and Shylock's nuanced portrayal.

If you're intrigued by both classic literature and historical contexts, "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare could captivate you. This edition offers insightful perspectives on the play's complex sexual dynamics and the contentious character of Shylock, providing a richer understanding against the backdrop of Shakespeare's era. It's particularly notable for those interested in the ever-evolving interpretations that come alive through theatrical performance.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.