TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shakespeare,William
AU  - Myrick,Kenneth
TI  - The Merchant of Venice: with new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography 
T2  - Signet Classic
SN  - 0451526805
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  - Signet Classic
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Shylock
KW  - Humorous plays
KW  - Jews
KW  - Holy
KW  - Drama
KW  - Moneylenders
KW  - Plays
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188); Shakespeare: Overview: Biographical sketch -- Note on anti-Stratfordians, especially Baconians and Oxfordians -- Shakespeare Canon --Shakespeare's english -- Shakespeare's theater -- Note on the use of boy actors in female roles -- Shakespeare's dramatic language: Costumes, gestures, and silences; prose and poetry -- Play text as a collaboration -- Editing texts -- Shakespeare on stage -- Introduction: Merchant of Venice -- Textual note -- Note on the sources of the Merchant of Venice -- Commentaries: From the works of Mr. William Shakespeare / Nicholas Rowe -- From characters of Shakespeare's plays / William Hazlitt -- EHrn yrlivgns'S yholkc -- From Shylock / Elmer Edgar Stoll -- Avoidance of choice: Woman's privilege / Linda Bamber -- Fourth and fifth acts -- Alexander Leggatt -- End of the merchant of Venice: Four versions / Robert Smallwood -- Merchant of Venice on stage and screen / Sylvan Barnet -- Suggested references
N2  - Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. Another feature of this series includes dramatic criticism from the past and present: Commentaries by Nicholas Rowe, William Hazlitt, Edgar Elmer Stoll, Linda Bamber, Alexander Leggart, and Robert Smallwood. Special introduction by Kenneth Myrick, Tufts University
ER  -