Our Picks This Month
- International shipping available to New Zealand!
- Free Australian Shipping for orders valued at $200 or more!
Shopping Cart: now in your cart 0 items
Search:  
Top » Catalog » Ignatius Critical Editions » 9781586173203 »

Ignatius Critical Edition The Merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare; Edited by Joseph Pearce
[9781586173203]

$16.95
Products Qty: 5

For the Ignatius Study Guide for The Merchant of Venice, click here.

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.

A look at the essays

James Bemis gives his thoughts on the play's interpretations and its various film adaptations while Raimund Borgmeiertakes up "The Family in The Merchant of Venice".

Michael G. Brennan mixes cultural, economic, and geographical tensions in "Shakespeare's Italian Stages".Crystal Downing, meanwhile, gives a compelling argument for more careful and circumspect reading by illustrating three levels of understanding one can have of the play. 

Anthony Esolen celebrates "The Hazard of Love"; James E. Hartley provides an informative history of usury; Daniel H. Lowenstein compares Portia's and Shylock's commitment to law, stressing that Portia's is greater than usually supposed, but of a different type; and Michael Martin reveals Shakespeare's treatment of the different kinds of friendship, a topic very much in vogue at the time.

Joseph Pearce situates the reader with the introductory essay.



$16.95
There are currently no product reviews.

Suggested Books:



Ignatius Critical Edition The Romantic Poets Blake, Wordsworth And Coleridge /robert Asch


Ignatius Critical Edition The Confessions Saint Augustine Of Hippo / St Augustine


Ignatius Critical Edition Study Guide Loss And Gain / John Henry Newman
This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 June, 2012.
Reviews
Customers who bought this product also purchased
Ignatius Critical Edition The Red Badge of Courage / Stephen Crane
Ignatius Critical Edition The Red Badge of Courage / Stephen Crane
The Everlasting Man / G K Chesterton
The Everlasting Man / G K Chesterton
Red Falcons of Tremoine / Hendry Peart
Red Falcons of Tremoine / Hendry Peart
Ignatius Critical Edition Study Guide The Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare
Ignatius Critical Edition Study Guide The Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare
Ignatius Critical Edition Study Guide Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare
Ignatius Critical Edition Study Guide Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare
Ignatius Critical Edition The Confessions Saint Augustine of Hippo / St Augustine
Ignatius Critical Edition The Confessions Saint Augustine of Hippo / St Augustine


Subscribe
Email:
Categories
Tell A Friend
 
Tell someone you know about this product.
Information