Unlocking meaning: The act of reading in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
In this article, I argue that Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice is fundamentally a 16th-century dramatization of religious reading strategies in conflict—allegorism and literalism. In Act 1, Shylock attempts to justify his profession by reading Genesis allegorically. Antonio objects to Shylock’s unwa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2015]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2015, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 377-399 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KBF British Isles TJ Modern history |
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