The Merchant of VeniceMethuen, 1955 - 174 Seiten Shylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's. |
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... story of wooing had been added to that of the flesh - bond . ' But the version which is closest to The Merchant of Venice is the first story of the fourth day in Ser Giovanni's Il Pecorone . This col- lection of tales was written in ...
... story of wooing had been added to that of the flesh - bond . ' But the version which is closest to The Merchant of Venice is the first story of the fourth day in Ser Giovanni's Il Pecorone . This col- lection of tales was written in ...
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... stories from the Gesta Romanorum was printed in an English translation by Richard Robinson in 15 [ 7 ] 7 and again in 1595 ; the story of the flesh - bond was not included , but a version of the casket story was , and of the sixteenth ...
... stories from the Gesta Romanorum was printed in an English translation by Richard Robinson in 15 [ 7 ] 7 and again in 1595 ; the story of the flesh - bond was not included , but a version of the casket story was , and of the sixteenth ...
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... story for the wooing of Il Pecorone . The original lady of Belmonte was a widow who had ruined many gentlemen , but Portia , like the King's daughter in the Gesta Romanorum , is the heroine of a romance story ; she is fair , noble ...
... story for the wooing of Il Pecorone . The original lady of Belmonte was a widow who had ruined many gentlemen , but Portia , like the King's daughter in the Gesta Romanorum , is the heroine of a romance story ; she is fair , noble ...
Inhalt
PREFACE | vii |
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE I | 24 |
APPENDICES | 140 |
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