A collection of eight critical essays on one of William Shakespeare's more controversial works, The Merchant of Venice.
Modern Critical Interpretations, a series of over 100 volumes, presents the best current criticism on the most widely read and studied poems, novels, and dramas of the Western world, from the Book of Job and the Iliad to such modern and contemporary works as William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Each volume opens with an introductory essay and editor's note by Harold Bloom and includes a bibliography, a chronology of the author's life and works, and notes on the contributors. Taken together, Modern Critical Interpretations will provide a comprehensive critical guide to the most vital and influential works of the Western literary tradition.
A collection of eight critical essays on one of William Shakespeare's more controversial works, The Merchant of Venice.
Modern Critical Interpretations, a series of over 100 volumes, presents the best current criticism on the most widely read and studied poems, novels, and dramas of the Western world, from the Book of Job and the Iliad to such modern and contemporary works as William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Each volume opens with an introductory essay and editor's note by Harold Bloom and includes a bibliography, a chronology of the author's life and works, and notes on the contributors. Taken together, Modern Critical Interpretations will provide a comprehensive critical guide to the most vital and influential works of the Western literary tradition.