The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

by Brian Vickers and William Baker

The Merchant of Venice has always been regarded as one of Shakespeare's most interesting plays. Before the nineteenth century critical reaction is relatively fragmentary. However between then and the late twentieth century the critical tradition reveals the tremendous vitality of the play to evoke emotion in the theatre and in the study. Since the middle of the twentieth century reactions to the drama have been influenced by the Nazi destruction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826473296
• ISBN13: 9780826473295
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"