- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 128
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Wordsworth Classics
- EAN: 9781840224313
- Utgivelsesår: 2000
- Bidragsyter: Shakespeare, William
99,-
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
The Wordsworth Classics¿ Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare¿s works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.
The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare¿s most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial.
The text may seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature.
Shylock, though vanquished in the law-court, often triumphs in the theatre. In his intensity he can dominate
the play, challenging abrasively its romantic and lyrical affirmations. What results is a bitter-sweet drama.
Though The Merchant of Venice offers some of the traditional pleasures of romantic comedy, it also exposes
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