About this title: 'A farce of terribly serious, even savage comic humour' T.S Eliot The Jew of Malta was arguably the most popular play of the Elizabethan era. There is no known source for Marlowe's play, but it makes copious allusions to the famous Turkish seize of Christian Malta in 1565 that forms the international setting for the main character, Barabas. It greatly influenced Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice with its exploration of anti-semitism and revenge. A drama of half-swallowed asides, grotesquely hypocritical rhetoric, hyperbolic violence, of pervasive, cynical economic motivation and of ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Talman Co*out Of Business
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780713630855ISBN:071363085X
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. May have underlining or highlighting throughout. -, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Nick Hern Books Pub Date: 3/1/1995 Binding: Paperback Pages: 128. read more
Description: Good. 0393900703 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week ... read more
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread paperback with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the covers and a publisher's mark to one edge-Nice! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Date Published: 9-15-97
ISBN-13:9780719051807ISBN:0719051800
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread paperback with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the covers and a publisher's mark to one edge-Nice! ! 0.33 lbs. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1995-06
ISBN-13:9780393900705ISBN:0393900703
Description: Good. Picture on cover is different. Clean unmarked cover. Has some shelf wear. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. SAVE Money on S and Handling, buy more than one book from us as a time! Items are from a smoke free and air conditioned environment. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE
Date Published: 1964
ISBN-13:9780803252707ISBN:0803252706
Description: Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxx, 122 pp. Fifth printing. read more
"This is a much more developed and mature piece of writing than Dr. Faustus. It is longer and better-written. In addition, there are numerous well-developed characters like Barabas and his daughter Abigail. However, as you would expect, this play is ripe with anti-Semitism and Barabas is totally unredeemable and his servant is even worse. The plot is better developed than in Faustus, but I feel the ending is a bit rushed. It still is not of the caliber of The Merchant of Venice, but it stands up well."
"A lesser known contemporary of Shakespeare involves a catapult in expelling a patron from the island of Malta. I once had to design a working catapult for the set of this play. This is when it became known to me that I am not a set designer."
"This isn't a bad play but it's probably not the best thing I've read this year. The whole premise surrounds a man who gets his money taken away by the Christians and he thus gets revenge on them. It was an easy read and it's a short play. I like that the text wasn't overly traditional so it was pretty easy to keep up without having to look at end notes constantly. Overall it's pretty good but I probably wouldn't read it again."
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