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British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting the Merchant of Venice in Context: A Summary of Sources

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This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for The Merchant of Venice - from early modern ideas about trade and usury, Venice and Jewish culture to 20th-century productions by both Nazis and Yiddish companies in the shadow of World War Two. Included are ideas for activities and a PDF of related information.

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trade, jewish culture, venice, the merchant of venice
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usury, british library: teaching resources: putting the merchant of venice in context: a summary of sources, wwii
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional