num_pages: 400
description: This edition of the Shakespeare play, Merchant of Venice features the Bevington edition along with an extenstive array of primary documents to help illuminate the religious controversy triggered by the play, including early modern documents reflecting Christian attitudes toward Jews and Jewish reactions to these attitude, excerpts from the Bible on moneylending, contemporary discourses on usury and commerce, and anti-Catholic tracts.
language: English
title: The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contexts
titlecomplete: The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contexts (Bedford Shakespeare)
characters: Shylock
genres: Read For School, Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 183515
places: Republic of Venice, Venice
publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's