Love Calls Us to the Things of This World The Return to Belmont in the Merchant of Venice |
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| Author:
| Heifetz, Jeanne |
| Series title: | LeBaron Russell Briggs Prize Honors Essays in English Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-53922-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1982 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $4.50USD $4.50 |
Book Description:
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If The Merchant of Venice is in one sense the tragedy of the Outsider, it is also the comedy of the Insiders. This work scrutinizes the values of the Insiders as they are embodied in the joyous return to Belmont in the last act of the play.
If The Merchant of Venice is in one sense the tragedy of the Outsider, it is also the comedy of the Insiders. This work scrutinizes the values of the Insiders as they are embodied in the joyous return to Belmont in the last act of the play.