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TY  - CHAP
T2  - Sierra, New Readings of The Merchant of Venice
SP  - 43-64
ID  - bbbc144
T1  - "'Why then you are in love': How a Close Male Friendship Equals an Ethical Identity in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice"
AU  - Dingman, Paul
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013
KW  - romance
KW  - Bassanio
KW  - Antonio
KW  - ethics
KW  - friedship
LA  - English
AB  - Explores the presence of the medieval theme of romance in Merchant of Venice through the loving relationship between Bassanio and Antonio, as well as "how . . . an enduring cultural link between noble ethics and emotional friendship finds poetic expression in [the play]."
ER  -