Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - CHAP T2 - Sasser, Teaching Shakespeare Beyond the Major SP - 71-89 ID - bbbp14 T1 - "'The Refusal of Compassion': Teaching The Merchant of Venice in a General Education Course" AU - Diaz, Joanne PY - 2024 DA - 2024 LA - English AB - Describes teaching Merchant of Venice in an undergraduate course on law and literature. Suggests value of teaching play's cultural context, applying close reading strategies (focusing on deictics), experimenting with linguistic deformance, and turning to early printings. ER -