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“’Thou Call’dst me Dog before Thou Hadst a Cause’: Teologiska perspektiv på Köpmannen i Venedig”

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Author

  • Jesper Svartvik

Editor

  • Willmar Sauter
  • Yael Feiler

Summary, in English

Harold Bloom writes "One would have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to recognize that Shakespeare's equivocal comedy The Merchant of Venice is nevertheless a profoundly anti-Semitic work" (Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, 171). This article examines the role which theological discourse plays in The Merchant of Venice. It also addressess the issue whether and under what circumstances Shakespeare's play could / should be played in our post-Holocaust era. The article is based upon a lecture in Stockhom at a symposium which analysed The Merchant of Venice from different angles.

Publishing year

2006

Language

Swedish

Publication/Series

Shakespeares Shylock och antisemitismen

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Stockholm University

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • Shylock
  • Merchant of Venice
  • Shakespeare
  • anti-Semitism
  • anti-Judaism
  • Augustine
  • the Holocaust
  • Martin Luther

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 91-86434-30-6