| «Scorned My Nation»: A Comparison of Translations of the Merchant of Venice Into German, Hebrew, and Yiddish Contributor(s): Walden, Daniel (Editor), Abend-David, Dror (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820457981 ISBN-13: 9780820457987 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $105.07 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Performing Arts - Religion | Judaism - General |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2001050659 |
| Series: Comparative Cultures and Literatures |
| Physical Information: 250 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, the German history of The Merchant of Venice highlights the Central European detour that Shakespearean reception underwent in Hebrew and Yiddish. Such a detour, with its various discomforts, is used to penetrate a current historical and political historiography, rendering Shylock a character that remembers various languages and locations, as well as multiple alternatives for political self-definition. This complex Shakespearean character speaks in many voices and for various purposes and is the only character that can provide the missing link between two contradictory Jewish stereotypes - a persecuted and victimized underling and a merciless and violent plaintive, holding out his knife to draw blood. |