| The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contexts 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Na, Na (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349634948 ISBN-13: 9781349634941 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science - Reference - Non-classifiable |
| Dewey: 050 |
| Series: Bedford Shakespeare |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 377 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edition of Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to facilitate many different approaches to Shakespeare s play and the early modern culture out of which the play emerges. The texts include maps, woodcuts, sermons, statutes, early modern documents reflecting Christian attitudes toward Jews and Jewish reactions to these attitudes, excerpts from the bible on money lending as well as contemporary discourses on usury and commerce, excerpts from the first account of Jewish life written in the vernacular by a Jew for a Christian audience, anti-Catholic tracts, travel accounts, diplomatic reports, scenes from a morality play about the corrupting effects of money, royal proclamations concerning the treatment of aliens, conduct literature, and contemporary treatises on the role of women. |