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The Jew of Malta
Contributor(s): Marlowe, Christopher (Author), Kermode, Lloyd (Editor)
ISBN: 0393643352     ISBN-13: 9780393643350
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE:   $21.14  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2020
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Collections
Dewey: 822.3
LCCN: 2020017945
Physical Information: 576 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The 1633 quarto (Q) text--the only authoritative version--with modernized spelling and detailed explanatory annotations.
  • An unusually rich selection of sixteenth- and seventeenth century contexts, thematically organized to promote classroom discussion. Topics include "Theater and Marlowe," "Machiavelli and Mediterranean Identities," and "Ideas of the Jew."
  • Twenty-eight critical interpretations spanning three centuries, including several considerations of The Jew of Malta in performance and new scholarly perspectives on text and culture.
  • Editorial prefaces and a Textual Notes section.
  • Six illustrations and one map.
  • A chronology and a selected bibliography.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.