The yoke of love
prophetic riddles in The merchant of Venice
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Author
Contributions
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. - Contributor
Publication
1995 - University of Delaware Press, Newark, Delaware
Language
English
Word Count
63,250 words, Guess
Page Count
253 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1421119M
- ISBN-100874134900
- OCLC Control Number28665771
- OCLC Control Numberyokeofloveprophe0000ozav
- Library of Congress Control Number93031278
and 2 more
- LibraryThing2865017
- Goodreads2344114
Classifications
- DDC822.3/3
- LCCPR2825 .O973 1995
Description
The theme of this book is disinheriting a father. Appropriating Shylock's Jewishness into the broader field of Otherness, and using The Merchant of Venice as a point of departure and a pivot of its discourse, The Yoke of Love is an intellectual foray into many issues and areas of thought suggested by the Shakespearean text, from cultural history and folklore to medieval philosophy and theology, from politics of the theatre to literary theory, from Jewish history to early modern debates on property, usury, and slavery - all converging in the cultural and theatrical deployment of prophetic riddles in the play involving inspired caskets, intriguing legal bonds, and problematic tokens of love. Tracing the conceptual history of prophecy since ancient times and relating it to relevant concepts such as conscience, wisdom, and time, The Yoke of Love establishes the special standing of the prophetic in early modern discourse and English Renaissance drama.
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