The Merchant of Venice Paperback / softback
by William Shakespeare
Edited by Professor Cedric, M.A. Ph.D. (Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex) Watts
Part of the Wordsworth Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 dominatethe 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 exposesthe operations of prejudice.
Thus Shakespeare remains our contemporary.
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- Publisher:Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Publication Date:05/10/2000
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- ISBN:9781840224313
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Publication Date:05/10/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9781840224313
