AlanYentobtravelstotheghettoinVenicewithaward-winningnovelistHowardJacobsonasheembarksonaretelling[展开全部]
AlanYentobtravelstotheghettoinVenicewithaward-winningnovelistHowardJacobsonasheembarksonaretellingofShakespeare'smostperformedplay,TheMerchantofVenice.Throughaseriesoflively-oftenfiery-interviews,theyexaminethechargeofanti-SemitismagainstShakespeare,whosecharacterShylockremainsoneofthemostodiousanddivisivefictionalJewsinhistory. HowdidthemoneylenderfromVenicebecomesuchausefulpropagandatoolinNaziGermany?AndhowmuchofalibertywillJacobsonbetakingwhenheuprootstheactiontomodern-dayAlderleyEdge,andaudaciouslyreinterpretstheinfamous'poundofflesh'? IntervieweesincludeAntonySher,AnthonyJuliusandStephenGreenblatt.[收起部分]