The yoke of love : prophetic riddles in The merchant of Venice /
The theme of this book is disinheriting a father. Appropriating Shylock's Jewishness into the broader field of Otherness, and using The Merchant of Venice as a point of departure and a pivot of its discourse, The Yoke of Love is an intellectual foray into many issues and areas of thought sugges...
| Основен автор: | Oz, Avraham. |
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| Други автори: | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Newark : London :
University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses,
c1995.
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Съдържание:
- Introduction: Shylock and Prophecy
- 1. "As We Would Hear an Oracle": Modes of Riddle and Prophecy in Shakespeare. "The Revolution of the Times": Shakespeare and the Prophetic Experience. "Conscience Born of Love": Prophecy and the Multiple Self. "A Deed Without a Name": Prophesying and the Semantic Menace of Individualism. "Seal me there your single bond": Rebellion and Conformity
- 2. "Which Is the Merchant Here? And Which the Jew?": Riddles of Identity. "Tis Mine, and I Will Have It": Possession in The Merchant of Venice. "A Weight of Carrion Flesh": Shylock and the Discourse of Terrorism
- 3. Strategy and Ideology in The Merchant of Venice
- Epilogue: Transformations of Authenticity: Shylock Among His "Countrymen"