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ENG 3XX - Living Traditions: Merchant of Venice

This guide supplements ENG 3XX Living Traditions course, which looks at six different authors over six semesters.

The Merchant of Venice

Title page of the first quarto for the Merchant of Venice (1600)

DVDs: Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice [videorecording] by director, Michael Radford.
Call Number: 791.4372 W67
ISBN: 1404980229
Publication Date: 2005
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Cast includes Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson, Kris Marshall, Charlie Cox, Heather Goldenhersh, Mackenzie Crook, John Sessions, Gregor Fisher, Ron Cook, Allan Corduner, Anton Rodgers, David Harewood, Antonio Gil-Martinez.

Jew of Malta

Links to the entire play and other resources

The Jew of Malta
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Jew of Malta, by Christopher Marlowe
The Jew of Malta Summary
From Shmoop: we speak student.
Jew of Malta: Sparknotes

Anti-Semitism in Renaissance Venice

Venice and the Jews
From the Jewish Virtual Library

Print Books: Merchant of Venice

Shylock : the history of a character by Hermann Sinsheimer.
Call Number: 822.33 P4 Si69s
Publication Date: 1964, c1947.
Considered a classic work it has recently been republished using the original text and artwork.
Shylock, the Roman : unmasking Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice by Robert Schneider.
Call Number: 822.33 P4 Sch58s
ISBN: 9781584450665
Publication Date: 1999
The merchant of Venice : choice, hazard, and consequence by Joan Ozark Holmer.
Call Number: 822.33 P4 H733m
ISBN: 0312124112
Publication Date: 1995
The merchant of Venice : new critical essays by edited by John W. Mahon and Ellen Macleod Mahon.
Call Number: 822.33 P4 M535m
ISBN: 9780415411004
Publication Date: 2006
Twentieth century interpretations of the Merchant of Venice: a collection of critical essays by Sylvan Barnet
Call Number: 822.33 P4 B264
Publication Date: 1970

Internet Resources: Merchant of Venice

Absolute Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice Study Guide
Merchant of Venice: Complete Play
Complete play as usually performed
Shakespeare's Character: Shylock
Character analysis and additional resources from Shakespeare Online.
The Merchant of Venice Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
An analysis of the themes of Merchant of Venice, including imagery, tone, and what's in a title.
Three Interpretations of Shylock
From Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice by Richard Jones and Franklin T. Baker. New York: D. Appleton and Company.