The Merchant of Venice
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The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

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The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

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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 of European Jewry. The first volume to document the full tradition of criticism of The Merchant of Venice includes an extensive introduction which charts the reactions to the play up to the beginning of the twenty first century and reflects changing reactions to prejudice in this period. Material by a variety of critics appears here for the first time since initial publication. Reactions are included from: Malone, Hazlitt, Jameson, Heine, Knight, Lewes, Halliwell-Phillips, Furnivall, Irving, Ruskin, Swinburne, Masefield, Gollancz and Quiller-Couch.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9780826473295
eBook ISBN
9781847141873
Edition
1
Topic
Littérature
Subtopic
Théâtre shakespearien

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  3. GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. 1 On Macklin's Shylock, 1775
  6. 2 An 'apology' for Shylock, 1796
  7. 3 'One of Shakespeare's most perfect works', 1815
  8. 4 Kean's debut as Shylock, 1816
  9. 5 Sympathy for Shylock, but not for Portia, 1817
  10. 6 The major sources, 1824
  11. 7 In defence of Shylock, 1833
  12. 8 Portia, 1833
  13. 9 Shylock 'ill-used', 1838
  14. 10 Shakespeare justifies'an unfortunate race', 1838
  15. 11 Summa jus summa injuria, 1839
  16. 12 Lessons of charity, 1849
  17. 13 Shylock's humanity, 1850
  18. 14 Shakespeare's evenhandedness, 1851
  19. 15 Human rights and religious belief, 1856
  20. 16 Sympathetic liberality versus murderous avarice, 1856
  21. 17 In praise of Portia, 1859
  22. 18 'A just estimate of things', 1862
  23. 19 Shakespeare's love of justice, 1863
  24. 20 'The relation of man to property', 1863
  25. 21 Shylock 'the corrupted merchant', 1873
  26. 22 Portia the central character, 1875
  27. 23 Shylock 'the hero of the piece', 1877
  28. 24 A Hegelian reading, 1877
  29. 25 A plea for toleration, 1879
  30. 26 Shylock: an actor's view, 1879
  31. 27 Not a doctrinal play, 1879
  32. 28 'Not about Jewish grievances', 1879
  33. 29 Shylock's 'nobility and distinction', 1879
  34. 30 Shylock 'a product of history', 1879
  35. 31 A sonnet to Portia, 1879
  36. 32 'The Lopez case' and Shakespeare's Jew, 1880
  37. 33 A critique of Irving and Terry, 1881
  38. 34 Shylock from a Jewish point of view, 1882
  39. 35 An interview with Henry Irving, 1884
  40. 36 Shakespeare's interweaving of plots, 1885
  41. 37 On acting Portia, 1885
  42. 38 Portia's womanliness, 1885
  43. 39 Privileged Christian, proscribed Jew, 1885
  44. 40 Staging the play, 1887
  45. 41 Shylock's 'revengeful selfishness', 1888
  46. 42 'The first of his [Shakespeare's] great comedies', 1888
  47. 43 Shylock's character determined by the plot, 1894
  48. 44 Shakespeare's concession to bigotry, 1896
  49. 45 Shylock 'a monster of passionate hatred, not avarice', 1898
  50. 46 Shylock and modern criticism, 1898
  51. 47 'Two communities which meet but never mingle', 1900
  52. 48 'Some faint sympathy' for Shylock, 1905
  53. 49 Shylock 'a man of one idea', 1905
  54. 50 Shylock's language, 1905
  55. 51 Shylock more sinned against than sinning, 1907
  56. 52 'Untrammelled' as against 'plot-ridden' characters, 1907
  57. 53 The opposing principles of Love and Hate, 1908
  58. 54 Shylock less sinned against than sinning, 1909
  59. 55 Shakespeare's Jew and Marlowe's Christians, 1909
  60. 56 Shylock a comic villain, 1911
  61. 57 Shylock and his interpreters, 1911
  62. 58 'Man is what man had made him', 1916
  63. 59 Shakespeare's 'stage-cleverness' and the story's 'monstrous absurdity', 1916
  64. 60 Shylock's anal-erotic tendencies, 1921
  65. 61 Shylock not an authentic Jew, 1921
  66. 62 Shylock's self-revelation in soliloquy, 1922
  67. 63 Shakespeare's intentions and the dynamics of comedy, 1927
  68. 64 The 'alien' question, 1929
  69. 65 Shakespeare's attention to character and story, 1930
  70. 66 Shylock the Venetian, 1933
  71. 67 Antonio a depressive homosexual, 1934
  72. 68 Shylock a London usurer, 1935
  73. 69 The distribution of imagery within the play, 1935
  74. 70 The idea of riches, true and false, 1936
  75. 71 Shakespeare's 'matter-of-fact fairy tale', 1936
  76. 72 The two Shylocks, 1938
  77. 73 Anti-Semitism, ancient and modern, 1938
  78. 74 No hint 'where Shakespeare's sympathies lay', 1939
  79. NOTES
  80. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  81. INDEX