"'Why then you are in love': How a Close Male Friendship Equals an Ethical Identity in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc144/
Author:
	Dingman, Paul.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Sierra, New Readings of The Merchant of Venice, 43–64.
:
	Sierra, New Readings of The Merchant of Venice
Annotation:
	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]."
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Sierra, Horacio
Keywords:
	romance; Bassanio; Antonio; ethics; friedship
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Merchant of Venice
WSB Update:
	Summer 2013
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc144