The Merchant of Venice (Vol. 87) | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Barnet, Sylvan, ed. Introduction to Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Merchant of Venice: A Collection of Critical Essays, pp. 1-10. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970.
Maintains that the overall comic structure of The Merchant of Venice should not be obscured by a sympathetic approach to the characterization of Shylock.
Colley, John Scott. “Launcelot, Jacob, and Esau: Old and New Law in The Merchant of Venice.” The Yearbook of English Studies 10 (1980): 181-89.
Explores elements of The Merchant of Venice that often trouble audiences, in both Shakespeare's time and today.
Cooper, John R. “Shylock's Humanity.” In Shakespeare Quarterly 21, no. 2 (spring 1970): 117-24.
Examines interpretations of Shylock's character from various perspectives, maintaining that he should be viewed neither as a grotesque...
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