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CRITICAL EDITIONS THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - A ...

This Norton Critical Edition has been carefully edited to make The Merchant of Venice  its
surrounding history  and the history of its critical reception and rewritings accessible to
readers. The text of this edition is based on the 1600 First Quarto  with light editing and
substantial explanatory annotations by Leah S. Marcus. Sources and Contexts largely focuses on
the character of Shylock and the issue of anti-Semitism in the play. Materials included are
diverse  and at times contradictory  allowing readers to draw their own conclusions. Examples
include seventeenth-century anti-Semitic literature  an essay from the same period defending
Jews and arguing for their repatriation in England  an examination of the Christian theology of
the play  and readings of The Merchant of Venice as exclusionary for Jews  women  and people of
color. Criticism collects twenty-one diverse interpretations. In addition to Shylock and the
question of anti-Semitism  these essays address The Merchant of Venice in the context of
postcolonial  feminist  and queer theory and explore relevant issues of economic status and
organization. Rewritings and Appropriations includes excerpts from dramatic  musical  and other
literary adaptations of The Merchant of Venice  as well as a selection of poems  most of them
from the twentieth century  on the character of Shylock. A Selected Bibliography is also
included.

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