"He Grows Kind": Reimagining Community in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

This essay takes up the question of community in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (ca. 1600) to explore alternative models that challenge the violently homogenizing and xenophobic society of Christian Venice. Through Antonio and Shylock's bond-of-flesh, the play invites audiences to witn...

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Published in:	Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 107 - 147
Main Author:	HUH, JOANNA
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2022
Subjects:	Merchant of Venice, The (Play : Shakespeare) Communities Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962 Christian philosophy Human beings Imagination Self-preservation Individualism
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