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The merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare ; fully annotated, with an introduction, by Burton Raffel ; with an essay by Harold Bloom.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Shakespeare, William, Works ; Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 167 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300138252
  • 0300138253
  • 9783159608952
  • 3159608956
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Merchant of Venice.DDC classification:
  • 822.3/3 22
LOC classification:
  • PR2825.A2 R34 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
About this Book -- Introduction -- Some Essentials of the Shakespearean Stage -- An Essay by Harold Bloom -- Further Reading -- Finding List.
Summary: In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossibleand by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonios flesh. Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164).

Print version record.

About this Book -- Introduction -- Some Essentials of the Shakespearean Stage -- An Essay by Harold Bloom -- Further Reading -- Finding List.

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossibleand by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonios flesh. Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock).

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