Shakespeare and Venice by Holderness, Graham

Shakespeare and Venice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754666066)

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Format: Hardcover
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Shakespeare and Venice by Holderness, Graham

Shakespeare and Venice

$200.00
Shakespeare and Venice by Holderness, Graham

Shakespeare and Venice

$200.00
Format: Hardcover
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Shakespeare and Venice is the first book length study to describe and chronicle the mythology of Venice that was formulated in the Middle Ages and has persisted in fiction and film to the present day. Graham Holderness focuses specifically on how that mythology was employed by Shakespeare to explore themes of conversion, change, and metamorphosis. Identifying and outlining the materials having to do with Venice which might have been available to Shakespeare, Holderness provides a full historical account of past and present Venetian myths and of the city's relationship with both Judaism and Islam. Holderness also provides detailed readings of both The Merchant of Venice and of Othello against these mythical and historical dimensions, and concludes with discussion of Venice's relevance to both the modern world and to the past.

Author: Graham Holderness
ISBN-10: 0754666069
ISBN-13: 9780754666066
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2010
Pages: 162
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d
By Graham Holderness
By Graham Holderness
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Graham Holderness is Professor of English at the University of Hertfordshire, and author or editor of numerous studies in early modern and modern literature, drama and theology.

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