Shylock and the Jewish question / Martin D. Yaffe.
Shylock and the Jewish question / Martin D. Yaffe.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997.
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Y822.33P4/6
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English
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210 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. The Mistreatment of Shakespeare's Shylock -- 2. Shylock and Marlowe's Barabas -- 3. Shylock and Shakespeare's Antonio -- 4. Shylock and Bacon's Joabin -- 5. Shylock and Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c1997.
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In Shylock and the Jewish Question, Yaffe challenges the widespread assumption that Shakespeare is, in the final analysis, unfriendly to Jews. Emphasizing that The Merchant of Venice is a work of political philosophy as well as literature, Yaffe raises the intriguing possibility that Shakespeare presents Shylock not as a typical Jew, but as a bad o...
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Shylock and the Jewish question / Martin D. Yaffe.
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Johns Hopkins Jewish studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.
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c1997.
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Y822.33P4/6
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74VMbMa88Aa3
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0801856485 :
9780801856488 (alk. paper)
0801856485 (alk. paper)
9780801856488 :
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822.33
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991000722399702626
