Timeline and Personification in The Merchant of Venice"

This book presents an innovative, scientifically grounded interpretation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. It offers solutions to problems inherent in the script that hitherto have been ignored or inadequately addressed.

Autorentext

Peter D. Usher is an Emeritus Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the International Astronomical Union. He has a PhD in Astronomy from Harvard. His most recent book was Shakespeare's Knowledge of Astronomy (Peter Lang, 2022).

Inhalt

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Preliminaries Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5 The Sixth Act A note on method Forty questions Clock time in Hamlet Lancelot's dalliance Prevalence of the word "ring" in Shakespeare's plays Shylock and the Seven Deadly Sins Index.