The Jew of Malta: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

ISBN: 0393643352

Author: Marlowe, Christopher

Condition: New

Lloyd Kermodes Norton Critical Edition of The Jew of Malta succeeds in making this challenging play eminently teachable by providing a carefully edited, modernized text complete with clear annotations and a judicious selection of contextual and critical materials. Particularly valuable is the way that the volume allows students to see how understandings of the play and its depiction of Jews have changed over time. Kermodes gathering of contextual materials offers a convenient and much-needed resource for getting to grips with the challenges of otherness both in the early modern world and in our own. - Dympna C. Callaghan, Syracuse UniversityThis Norton Critical Edition includes:The 1633 quarto (Q) text-the only authoritative version-with modernized spelling and detailed explanatory annotations. An unusually rich selection of sixteenth- and seventeenth century contexts, thematically organized to promote classroom discussion. Topics include Theater and Marlowe, Machiavelli and Mediterranean Identities, and Ideas of the Jew. Twenty-eight critical interpretations spanning three centuries, including several considerations of The Jew of Malta in performance and new scholarly perspectives on text and culture. Editorial prefaces and a Textual Notes section. Six illustrations and one map. A chronology and a selected bibliography.About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format-annotated text, contexts, and criticism-helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.