The Merchant of Venice: Critical Essays

by Thomas Wheeler

Originally published in 1991. Essays here are arranged chronologically within sections: 'The Play as Text', 'Shylock' and 'The Play in the Theatre.' Collecting previously published important commentaries and scholarly articles, this volume in the Shakespearean Criticism set looks at one of the Bard's most disturbing plays. These historical critical pieces give witness to the changing attitudes to the play and the characters and provide readers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138854964
• ISBN13: 9781138854963
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"