The Genesis of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice

by Christopher Spencer

Studies the sources, plot elements, stage history, criticsm and the character types and the attitudes towards them in The Merchant of Venice. The text traces the development of the flesh-bond story, offers a through treatment of the character's names, discusses the contemporary background for Jews and userers and surveys the history of the interpretation of Shylock.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088946930X
• ISBN13: 9780889469303
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 187 Pages