Merchant of Venice Michael J. Gelb YOU'VE NEVER READ A LOVE

YOU'VE NEVER READ A LOVE STORY AS TWISTED AS THIS

who rapes her

predicts imminent World War III around every corner

Mr Wuffles ignores all the toys people buy for him

and international affairs

Merchant of Venice Michael J. Gelb YOU'VE NEVER READ A LOVEThis edition of The Merchant of Venice, based on a fresh examination of the early editions, includes an exceptionally lucid and accessible introduction which addresses Shakespeare's attitude toward Semitism and establishes the cultural, historical, and literary context in which Shakespearewrote the play. An interesting range of production photographs and drawings of Renaissance merchants and Jews, and a survey of the play's stage history ranging from