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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 73
IS  - 1-2
T2  - Shakespeare Quarterly
SP  - 76-99
ID  - bbbm24
T1  - "Literature's Stake: Economy, Law, and Aesthetics in The Merchant of Venice"
AU  - Pye, Christopher
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2026
LA  - English
AB  - Explores "the political entailments of aesthetics" with respect to Merchant of Venice, arguing play has historically served as ground for politically-minded literary criticism to define itself against older aethestic forms of literary criticism.   Discusses economy and law in Merchant of Venice in relation to its “aesthetics consciousness.”  Argues that Merchant aestheticizes “meaning, identity, human bonds” which are conceived in “exchange and indebtedness.”    
ER  -