Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 60 IS - no. 3 T2 - Notes and Queries SP - 411-15 ID - bbbc792 T1 - "The Jew of Rome?: Munday's English Romayne Life as a Historical Source for a Sympathetic Shylock" AU - Kau, Andrew PY - 2013 DA - 2026 KW - Shylock LA - English AB - Argues that Anthony Munday's account of his espionage expedition to Rome, published as The English Roman Life, and his portrayal of Jewish alienation might have provided a historical basis for Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in Merchant of Venice. ER -