At head of title: Folger Shakespeare library. "An updated edition with detailed notes from the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies."--Cover. Essay by Alexander Leggatt. Includes annotated bibliographical references (pages 233-244).
Summary:
Presents Shakespeare's dark comedy about young lovers and a Jewish money lender who demands a pound of flesh in payment for a debt. Includes explanatory notes on facing pages, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, a modern perspective essay, and an introduction to the play and the language of Shakespeare.
Series:
The new Folger Library Shakespeare Folger Shakespeare library
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