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The Merchant of Venice (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare)
312The Merchant of Venice (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare)
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Overview
Each volume in the Barnes & Noble Shakespeare includes:
- New Scholarship – Premiere scholars introduce each play with contemporary scholarship. An essay on editing the text provides an in-depth look at the quartos and folios used in the edition.
- Contextualizing Essays – Essays on Shakespeare’s England, language, and life, along with essays on performing Shakespeare and significant performances frame the play in both historical and theatrical context for readers. A look at the lasting influence of the play on music, art, film, and dance creates an interdisciplinary framework with which to approach the play.
- Better Notes – Through one-word margin definitions, facing-page glosses, and longer end notes after the play, our innovative approach to notes pulls readers away from the text fewer times while providing them with more information and comprehensive analysis.
- Further Reading – An annotated bibliography of titles, hand-selected by the introduction author, takes readers beyond the edition for further reading.
Featuring one of Shakespeare’s most complex and memorable villains, The Merchant of Venice presents the struggle to find mercy in a world marked by rivalry, cruelty, and prejudice. The editor, Julie Crawford, restores the play to its historical context, enabling us to better understand how Shakespeare’s original audience would have viewed Shylock.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781411400856 |
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Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Shakespeare |
Publication date: | 12/25/2007 |
Series: | Barnes & Noble Shakespeare Series |
Pages: | 312 |
Sales rank: | 1,082,590 |
Product dimensions: | 5.18(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.75(d) |
About the Author
Widely esteemed as the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an actor and theatrical producer in addition to writing plays and sonnets. Dubbed "The Bard of Avon," Shakespeare oversaw the building of the Globe Theatre in London, where a number of his plays were staged, the best-known of which include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. The First Folio, a printed book of 36 of his comedies, tragedies, and history plays, was published in 1623.
Date of Death:
2018Place of Birth:
Stratford-upon-Avon, United KingdomPlace of Death:
Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom