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Zusatztext A varied and engaging set of essays including the encyclopaedically factual and the daringly interpretative. Informationen zum Autor Sarah Hatchuel is Professor of English Literature and Film at the University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France, President of the Société Française Shakespeare and head of the “Groupe de recherché Identités et Cultures”. She has written extensively on adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays ( Shakespeare and the Cleopatra/Caesar Intertext: Sequel, Conflation, Remake , 2011; Shakespeare, from Stage to Screen , 2004; A Companion to the Shakespearean Films of Kenneth Branagh , 2000) and on TV series. Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin is Professor in the English department of the University of Montpellier III Paul Valéry, France. Andrew Hiscock is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK. Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare including her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare (2005) and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic . She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies. Klappentext Arden Early Modern Drama Guidesoffer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars give invaluable insight into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research.Key features include:- Essays on the play's critical and performance history - A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play - A selection of new essays by leading scholars A survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and online Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice has often been labelled a 'problem play', and throughout the ages it has been an object of both fascination and repulsion. Without neglecting the socio-political and religious issues that are at the heart of the play, this collection of critical essays invites readers to rediscover the variety of approaches that this multifaceted work calls for, exploring its gender aspects, its rich mythological background, its legal matters and the ways in which it has been adapted to the screen. Essays consider the play in relation to its sources, genre and religion, historical and socio-political context and its critical reception and performance history. Zusammenfassung Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars give invaluable insight into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research.Key features include:- Essays on the play’s critical and performance history - A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play - A selection of new essays by leading scholars A survey of resources to direct students’ further reading about the play in print and online Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice has often been labelled a ‘problem play’, and throughout the ages it has been an object of both fascination and repulsion. Without neglecting the socio-political and religious issues that are at the heart of the play, this collection of critical essays invites readers to rediscover the variety of approaches that this multifaceted work calls for, exploring its gender aspects, its rich mythological background, its legal matters and the ways in which it has been adapted to the screen. Essays consider the play in relation to its sources, genre and religion, historical and socio-political context and its critical reception and p...
