by William Shakespeare · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781840224313
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«The Merchant of Venice» is the stage comedy by William Shakespeare, published by Wordsworth Editions in paperback (128 pages, in English).
Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and Antonio, a Venetian merchant, clash in a plot that blends romantic comedy and drama. The play sets revenge against mercy and shows the effects of religious intolerance. Although the text can be read as antisemitic, on stage Shylock asserts himself with an intensity that challenges that reading.
It belongs to the Shakespeare Series of the Wordsworth Classics collection, with introduction and notes by Cedric Watts.
A common reading in school settings, suitable for students of English literature and for readers of classic theater.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
