The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

Overview

The Merchant of Venice is an intriguing drama of love, greed and revenge. At its heart, the play contrasts the characters of the maddened and vengeful Shylock, a Venetian moneylender, with the gracious, level-headed Portia, a wealthy young woman besieged by suitors. At the play's climax, Shylock insists that a binding contract be enforced which will cost the life of the merchant Antonio. Pleading Antonio's case before the Duke of Venice, Portia shrewdly defeats Shylock's evil purpose.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783849178055
Publisher:	Tredition Classics
Publication date:	12/06/2012
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Jay L. Halio is Professor of English, University of Delaware

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare - Edited by Kenneth Myrick Nicholas Rowe: From The Works of Mr. William Shakespeare
William Hazlitt: From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
Anonymous: 'Henry Irving's Shylock'
Elmer Edgar Stoll: From Shylock
Linda Bamber: The Avoidance of Choice: A Woman's Privilege
Alexander Leggatt: The Fourth and Fifth Acts
Sylvan Barnet: 'The Merchant of Venice' on the Stage and Screen

NEWLY ADDED ESSAYS:
Robert Smallwood: The End of "The Merchant of Venice": Four Versions

Editorial Reviews

"Handy, reliable, altogether excellent...with introductions that truly cover everything and notes that explain all that needs to be explained."—Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance

From the Publisher

"This translation is easy to read, but retains the iambic pentameter and flow of an original Shakespeare. Overall, very well done."

Seattle Book Review