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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 81. )INTRODUCTION The enigmatic influence of fate, fortune, and the heavens on the lives of human beings forms a compelling theme in Shakespearean drama. Frequently coupled with Christian connotations, these concepts feature...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 9. )DATE: Most scholars agree that The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's first plays, written in 1592 or even earlier. M. Mincoff, for instance, arguing that the play's "style and workmanship" show indications of...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (Vol. 47. )INTRODICTION The Historic of the damnable life, and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus is a transitional work that links the Historia von D. Johann Fausten with Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus and with later...Found in Literature Criticism 1400-1800
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 142. )INTRODUCTION The Merchant of Venice has become one of the most controversial plays in the Shakespeare canon. Commentators continue to debate whether the uneasiness that it raises among theatergoers in the post-Holocaust...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 14. )In 1593, the likely composition date of Richard III, London repertory companies faced considerable hardship. Competition for patronage and audiences was fierce; companies found it difficult to retain actors; and because...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (Vol. 143. )INTRODUCTION Historians and literary critics have studied the evolving image of Jews in English and continental European literature in order to better understand what precipitated the repeated persecutions of Jews in the...Found in Literature Criticism 1400-1800
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 4. )DATE: Scholars generally agree that The Merchant of Venice was written by Shakespeare sometime between 1594 and 1598, with the years 1596-97 the most frequently cited date. The play was entered in the STATIONERS’...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (Vol. 201. )INTRODUCTION Marlowe's five-act blank-verse tragedy about the herovillain Barabas is described on its title page as the Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, but critics over the centuries have viewed the play...Found in Literature Criticism 1400-1800
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 132. )INTRODUCTION Most scholars believe that The Merchant of Venice was written in the late 1590s, most probably in 1595 or 1596. The play is comprised of two narrative strandsone a romantic comedy and the other a revenge...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 151. )INTRODUCTION Composed after Romeo and Juliet (1595), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595), and Richard III (1595) but prior to the later tragic works, The Merchant of Venice (1596-97?) was classified as a comedy in the First...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 97. )INTRODUCTION Critics generally agree that The Merchant of Venice (1596-97) is one of Shakespeare's most controversial plays, ambiguously addressing such provocative themes as racism, homosexuality, and gender roles. The...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 12. )As one of William Shakespeare's fledgling works, The Two Gentlemen of Verona has never enjoyed the same high praise as his later plays. Considered an apprentice-like attempt at romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen is...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 7. )DATE: Most modem scholars agree that Shakespeare wrote All's Well That Ends Well sometime between 1600 and 1605, although earlier dates have also been postulated. The possibility that this play is the lost Shakespearean...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (Vol. 55. )INTRODUCTION Considered by many scholars the greatest work in a genre popular during the late Middle Ages, the Gesta Romanorum is a collection of anecdotes, compiled anonymously and written in Latin, drawn from Eastern...Found in Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 107. )INTRODUCTION Likely written in 1595 or 1596, the first recorded performance of The Merchant of Venice was in 1605. When measured against Shakespeare's earlier dramatic works, critics have argued that The Merchant of...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 167. )INTRODUCTION Written circa 1596 and published in 1600, Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice dramatizes the changing fortunes of Antonio, a Venetian trader who borrows a large sum of money so that his young friend...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 12. )The Merchant of Venice ranks with Hamlet as one of the most frequently performed plays in Shakespearean stage history, an astonishing fact given that a period of nearly 150 years lapsed after the initial production...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 66. )INTRODUCTION Among Shakespeare's most popular dramas, The Merchant of Venice remains a contentious piece to critics, who generally categorize it as a "problem play." Its plot centers on the merchants Antonio and Shylock,...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 53. )INTRODUCTION Sometimes listed among Shakespeare's "problem plays" because of its ambiguous treatment of issues such as religion, economics, and the role of women, The Merchant of Venice has also been a source of heated...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 5. )DATE: Scholars generally agree that A\ You I./Ac Ih was written and first performed sometime betwccn 1598 and 16(X), probably in 1599 or 160(). Although the play does nol appear by its present title in the list of...Found in Shakespearean Criticism