Merchant of Venice by Pearce, Joseph

Merchant of Venice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781586173203)

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Format: Paperback
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Merchant of Venice by Pearce, Joseph

Merchant of Venice

$7.95
Merchant of Venice by Pearce, Joseph

Merchant of Venice

$7.95
Format: Paperback
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The Merchant of Venice is probably the most controversial of all Shakespeare's plays. It is also one of the least understood. Is it a comedy or a tragedy? What is the meaning behind the test of the caskets? Who is the real villain of the trial scene? Is Shylock simply vicious and venomous, or is he more sinned against than sinning? Can the play be described as anti-semitic? What exactly is the quality of mercy? Is Portia one of the great Christian heroines of western literature? And what of the comedy of the rings with which Shakespeare ends the play? These questions and many others are answered in this critical edition of one of the Bard's liveliest plays.

Author: Joseph Pearce, William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 1586173200
ISBN-13: 9781586173203
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
By Joseph Pearce
By Joseph Pearce
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Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous literary works including Literary Converts, The Quest for Shakespeare and Shakespeare on Love, and the editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions series. His other books include literary biographies of Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

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