Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on a variety of cultural materials, this title demonstrates that, despite the triumph of its Christians, The Merchant of Venice reflects Christian anxiety and guilt about its simultaneous dependence on and disavowal of Judaism.
Trade Review"This book is well-positioned to be the most important book-length study of The Merchant of Venice in all of the available scholarship. No one today is writing more trenchant criticism than Adelman. Her study of this deeply problematic play is fair and judicious while also passionately involved, learned, and wide-ranging while also attuned to painful moral issues." - David Bevington, University of Chicago"
