Shylock: A Legend and Its LegacyWith brilliant historical perspective and insight, theater critic John Gross explores the complex and influential history that has given Shylock a life beyond the play and established him as a figure of world mythology. Illuminating Shylock's evolution on the stage, his importance to writers and psychologists, and his enduring influence on society and culture, John Gross sheds as much light on our own shifting attitudes and beliefs as on the rich and disquieting figure Shakespeare created. |
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Contents
Preface | 9 |
CONTENTS | 10 |
EIGHT | 16 |
THIRTEEN | 39 |
47 | 68 |
FOURTEEN | 79 |
Interpretations 16001939 | 103 |
FIFTEEN | 112 |
Romantics and Revisionists | 125 |
NINETEEN | 140 |
Henry Irving | 145 |
Stage and Study | 165 |
Between the Wars | 184 |
234 | 285 |
Notes | 370 |
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