Disowning knowledge of Jessica, or Shylock's skepticism.(Abstracts)(The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare)(Brief Article)
Publication: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Publication Date: 22-MAR-04
Author: Sherman, Anita Gilman
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Stanley Cavell's idea of a skeptical trajectory offers a new way to understand Shylock's fanatical quest for certainty. Cavell's view that skepticism is experienced as a crisis of global doubt inviting a range of responses helps us to see Shylock's fixation on the bond as a symptom of a...
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