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008 980323s1998 nyu b 000 0 eng d
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035 _a(OCoLC)38827222
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049 _aVF$A
090 _aPR 2825 .A2
_bM9 1998
100 1 _aShakespeare, William,
_d1564-1616.
245 1 4 _aThe Merchant of Venice :
_bwith new and updated critical essays and a revised bibliography /
_cWilliam Shakespeare ; edited by Kenneth Myrick.
260 _aNew York :
_bSignet Classic,
_cc1998.
300 _alxxxi, 188 p. ;
_c18 cm.
490 1 _aSignet Classic
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-188).
505 0 _aShakespeare: 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.
520 _aUnique 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.
600 1 0 _aShakespeare, William,
_d1564-1616.
_tMerchant of Venice.
650 1 _aHumorous plays.
650 1 _aJews
_xHoly
_vDrama.
650 0 _aMoneylenders
_vDrama.
600 0 0 _aShylock
_c(Fictitious character)
_vDrama.
650 1 _aPlays.
700 1 _aMyrick, Kenneth,
_d1897-
800 1 _aShakespeare, William,
_d1564-1616.
_tWorks.
_f1998.
999 _c126096
_d126096