Visions of Venice in Shakespeare
Laura Tosi, Shaul Bassi
Despite the growing critical relevance of Shakespeare's two Venetian plays and a burgeoning bibliography on both "The Merchant of Venice" and "Othello", few books have dealt extensively with the relationship between Shakespeare and Venice. Setting out to offer new perspectives to a traditional topic, this timely collection fills a gap in the literature, addressing the new historical, political and economic questions that have been raised in the last few years. The essays in this volume consider Venice a real as well as symbolic landscape that needs to be explored in its multiple resonances, both in Shakespeare's historical context and in the later tradition of reconfiguring one of the most represented cities in Western culture. Shylock and Othello are there to remind us of the dark sides of the myth of Venice, and of the inescapable fact that the issues raised in the Venetian plays are tremendously topical; we are still haunted by these theatrical casualties of early modern multiculturalism.
카테고리:
년:
2011
출판사:
Ashgate
언어:
english
페이지:
278
ISBN 10:
1409405478
시리즈:
Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies
파일:
PDF, 20.85 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011