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The Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare

Author: 
William Shakespeare; Jay L. Halio
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What was Shakespeare's attitude to Semitism? The Introduction to this edition of The Merchant of Venice opens by addressing this vital issue raised by the play, and goes on to study the sources, background, and date, includuing a discussion of Sigmund Freud's essay on 'The Three Caskets'

Professor Halio interprets the play's contradictions, inconsistencies, and complementarities, especially as these relate to the overarching theme of bonds and bondage. A survey of the play's stage history ranges from discussions of its early staging to important twentieth-century productions and performances outside England, particularly in Israel.

The text, based on a fresh examination of the early editions, is presented in modernized spelling and punctuation. Unfailingly lucid and helpful, this is an ideal edition for students, actors, and the general reader. 
  
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

About the author: 

William Shakespeare
Edited by Jay L. Halio, Professor of English, University of Delaware

The annotation, generally proficient, is admirably frank in rendering sexual doubles entendres and is frequently illuminating in its references to modes of staging ... As in the other volumes of this Oxford Shakespeare series, there is a good range of pictorial material and a very useful index ... this edition of The Merchant of Venice is creditable, lucid, and practical. - Cedric Watts, University of Sussex, Review of English Studies, Vol. 47, No. 186, May '96

Product details

ISBN : 9780199535859

Author: 
William Shakespeare; Jay L. Halio
Pages
256 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
129 x 196 mm
Pub date
Apr 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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The Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare