Charles Edelman focuses on the play's sexual politics and recent scholarship devoted to the position of Jews in Shakespeare's time in this new edition. He surveys the international scope of theatrical interpretations of The Merchant in the 1980s and 1990s as well as different ways of tackling the troubling figure of Shylock. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-22156-0 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-29371-5
Author(s): William Shakespeare, M. M. Mahood (editor)
Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare
Edition: Updated
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 213
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations and Conventions
1 Shakespeare's plays
2 Other works cited and general references
Introduction
Date and source
Some attitudes and assumptions behind the play
Kinds of Comedy
The Myth of Venice
The Law
Jews and Usurers
'God-Like Amity'
Experiencing the play
Belmont and Venice
The Elopement
Debit and Credit
Dr Balthazar
The Renewing of Love
The afterlife of The Merchant of Venice
Recent critical and stage interpretations, by Charles Edelman
Critical approaches
The play on the stage
Confronting the audience
Thoroughly modern Merchants
The 1930s
Note on the Text
List of Characters
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Act 1
1
2
3
Act 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Act 3
1
2
3
4
5
Act 4
1
2
Act 5
1
Supplementary Note
Textual Analysis
The Heyes-Roberts quarto (Q1)
The copy for Q1
The Pavier quarto of 1619 (Q2)
The Folio of 1623 (F)
The quarto of 1637 (Q3)
Salarino, Solanio, Salerio
Appendix: Shakespeare's use of the Bible in The Merchant of Venice
Reading List
