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Review of English StudieIn a substantial new addition to theIntroduction,Charles Edelman focuses onthe play's sexual politics and recentscholarship devoted to the position of Jewsin Shakespeare's time.He surveys theinternational scope and diversity oftheatrical interpretations of The Merchantin the 1980s and 1990s and their differentways of tackling the troubling figure ofShylock.ISBN 0-521-53251-5  \nAn international team of scholars offers:modernized,easily accessible textsample commentary and introductions  \n·attention to the theatrical qualities of eachplay and its stage history  \n·informative illustrationsThe Merchant of Venice  \nThe Merchant of Venice has been performedmore often than any other comedy byShakespeare.Molly Mahood pays specialattention to the expectations of the play'sfirst audience,and to our modern  \nCAMBRIDGE  \nUNIVERSITY PRESSwww.cambridge.org  \nTHE NEW CAMBRIDGE SHAKESPEARE  \nGENERAL EDITOR:Brian Gibbons  \nASSOCIATE GENERAL EDITOR:A.R.Braunmuller  \nFrom the publication of the first volumes in 1984 the General Editor of the New CambridgeShakespeare was Philip Brockbank and the Associate General Editors were Brian Gibbons andRobin Hood.From 1990 to 1994 the General Editor was Brian Gibbons and the AssociateGeneral Editors were A.R.Braunmuller and Robin Hood.  \nTHE MERCHANT OF VENICE  \nThe Merchant ofVenice has been performed more often than any other comedy by Shakespeare.Molly Mahood pays special attention to the expectations of the play's first audience,and to ourmodern experience of seeing and hearing the play.  \nIn a substantial new addition to the Introduction,Charles Edelman focuses on the play's sex-ual politics and recent scholarship devoted to the position of Jews in Shakespeare's time.Hesurveys the international scope and diversity of theatrical interpretations of The Merchant in the198os and 199os and their different ways of tackling the troubling figure of Shylock.  \nTH NEW CAMBRIDGE SHAKESPEARE  \nAIl's Well That Ends Well,edited by Russell FraserAntony and Cleopatra,edited by David BevingtonThe Comedy of Errors,edited by T.S.DorschHamlet,edited by Philip EdwardsCoriolanus,edited by Lee Bliss  \nJulius Caesar,edited by Marvin SpevackKing Edmard III,edited by Giorgio Melchiori  \nThe First Part of King Henry IV,edited by Herbert Weil and Judith WeilThe Second Part of King Henry IV,edited by Giorgio MelchioriKing Henry V,edited by Andrew Gurr  \nThe First Part of King Henry VI,edited by Michael HattawayThe Second Part of King Henry VI,edited by Michael HattawayThe Third Part of King Henry VI,edited by Michael HattawayKing Henry VIII,edited by John MargesonKing John,edited by L.A.BeaurlineKing Lear,edited by Jay L.HalioKing Richard II,edited by Andrew GurrKing Richard III,edited by Janis Lull  \nMeasure for Measure,edited by Brian GibbonsThe Merchant of Venice,edited by M.M.MahoodThe Merry Wives of Windsor,edited by David CraneA Midsummer Night's Dream,edited by R.A.FoakesMuch Ado About Nothing,edited by F.H.MaresOthello,edited by Norman Sanders  \nPericles,edted by Doreen DelVecchio and Antony HammondThe Poems,edited by John Roe  \nRomeo and Juliet,edited by G.Blakemore EvansThe Sonnets,edited by G.Blakemore Evans  \nThe Taming of the Shrem,edited by Ann ThompsonThe Tempest,edited by David LindleyTitus Andronicus,edited by Alan HughesTveljih Night,edited by Elizabeth Story DonnoThe Tmo Gentlemen of Verona,edited by Kurt Schlueter  \nTHE EARLY QUARTOS  \nThe First Quarto of King Lear,edited by Jay L.Halio  \nThe First Quarto of King Richard III,edited by Peter DavisonThe First Quarto of H","cbCaihkrqI18E0Yk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihkrqI18E0Yk","pdf",5923387,218,"English","# Contents\n## List of illustrations\n## Preface\n## Abbreviations and conventions\n## Introduction\n## Date and source\n## Some attitudes and assumptions behind the play\n## Experiencing the play\n## The afterlife of The Merchant of Venice\n## Recent critical and stage interpretations, by Charles Edelman\n## Note on the text\n## List of characters\n## The play\n## Supplementary notes","[{\"question\":\"Who edited this edition of The Merchant of Venice?\",\"answer\":\"M.M. 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